CVE-2013-4438

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-94

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 5, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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