CVE-2013-6617

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.

Published: 2013-11-05 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6617 is rated High Risk (71.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.05%). EPSS rose +1.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2013-6617

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 1.70% 3.05% +1.34%
2 2025-03-30 3.25% 1.70% -1.54%
3 2025-03-29 — 3.25% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6617

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-2013-6617

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-6617

GHSA-7wx3-vr2f-6p29 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6617

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6617 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 7 status rows across 7 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): DNE 2, ignored 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6617

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6617

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

References for CVE-2013-6617

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