Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-4438
CVE-2013-4438
Description
Salt (aka SaltStack) before 0.17.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary YAML code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor states that this might not be a vulnerability because the YAML to be loaded has already been determined to be safe.
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Affected products
32cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 31 more
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.17.0
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <0.17.1
Patches
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References
2- docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3nvd
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