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CVE-2013-2228

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2228 describes a critical vulnerability in SaltStack Salt where predictable RSA key generation allows remote attackers to decrypt communications. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.14.0, <= 0.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:saltstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0194 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 0.15.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-gq26-cpq6-w85rhigh

SaltStack RSA Key Generation allows remote users to decrypt communications

May 5, 2022

References

bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/85372
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2013-2228
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/07/01/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/60868
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1028717
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry