CVE-2013-4437

Unspecified vulnerability in salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 has unspecified impact and vectors related to "insecure Usage of /tmp."

Published: 2013-11-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4437 is rated High Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.46%). Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4437

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 0.68% 1.46% +0.78%
2 2025-03-30 1.54% 0.68% -0.86%
3 2025-03-29 1.54%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4437

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4437

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-4437

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4437

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4437 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-2013-4437

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4437

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt 0.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4437

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