{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6617 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade salt to 0.17.1 or later.","what":"CVE-2013-6617 is a critical vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, published on 5 Nov 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2013-6617 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2013-6617 is a critical vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, published on 5 Nov 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6617 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 0.11.0; fixed in 0.17.1\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 0.11.0; fixed in 0.17.1\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 0.11.0; fixed in 0.17.1\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6617/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6617/index.md)","id":"CVE-2013-6617","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6617/index.md","name":"CVE-2013-6617","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7wx3-vr2f-6p29","PYSEC-2013-15"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"SaltStack configuration management","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Remote attackers can gain elevated privileges due to improper group privilege dropping in the Salt master.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"salt","vendor":"saltstack"}],"cvss":{"score":10,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability","id":"CVE-2013-6617","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":"saltstack:salt","products":["saltstack:salt"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2013"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2013-6618"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["0.17.1"],"introduced":["0.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-7wx3-vr2f-6p29"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["0.17.1"],"introduced":["0.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","source":"GHSA-7wx3-vr2f-6p29"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["0.17.1"],"introduced":["0.11.0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","source":"PYSEC-2013-15"}],"prev":{"headline":"DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.","id":"CVE-2013-6616"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2013-11-05","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"SaltStack insecurely uses /tmp","id":"CVE-2013-4437","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2013-11-05"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-33226","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"salt-api unauthenticated remote code execution","id":"CVE-2021-25315","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-03-03"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SaltStack Salt Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api","id":"CVE-2018-15751","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-10-24"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SaltStack Salt allows compromised salt-minions to impersonate the salt-master","id":"CVE-2017-7893","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-04-23"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation","id":"CVE-2017-14695","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-10-24"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-09-17","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can gain elevated privileges due to improper group privilege dropping in the Salt master.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6617/"}