CVE-2014-3563

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.

Published: 2014-08-22 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3563 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3563

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 0.14% 0.41% +0.27%
2 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.14% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.17%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3563

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3563

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-3563

GHSA-mfr3-9cj8-h2qm · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Salt Insecure Temporary File Creation

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3563

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2014-3563 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 10, DNE 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3563

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3563

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt <= 2014.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3563

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