VYPR
Get started
← All advisories
High severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2013-6617

CVE-2013-6617

Description

The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
saltPyPI
>= 0.11.0, < 0.17.10.17.1

Affected products

11
  • Saltstack/Salt11 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
    • 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:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

4

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.