CVE-2013-4438

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.

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-2013-4438 is rated Moderate Risk (59.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.10%). EPSS rose +1.53% 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-2013-4438

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 0.57% 2.10% +1.53%
2 2025-03-30 1.10% 0.57% -0.53%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.10% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4438

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4438

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4438

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4438 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-2013-4438

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4438

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt <= 0.17.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 0.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4438

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