CVE-2013-4435

Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.15.0 through 0.17.0 allows remote authenticated users who are using external authentication or client ACL to execute restricted routines by embedding the routine in another routine.

Published: 2013-11-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4435 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.52%). EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4435

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.32% 1.52% +1.19%
2 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.32% -0.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4435

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4435

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-4435

GHSA-v89f-4mc4-h6w9 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — Salt has insufficient argument validation in several modules

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4435

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4435 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 7 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): ignored 3, DNE 2, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4435

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4435

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt 0.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.16.2 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.16.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.16.4 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4435

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