CVE-2013-6617: SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability

May 17, 2022 (updated November 6, 2024)

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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wx3-vr2f-6p29
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2013-15.yaml
github.com/saltstack/salt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6617

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