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CVE-2014-3563

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3563 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in SaltStack versions prior to 2014.1.10, specifically related to temporary file creation in seed.py, salt-ssh, and salt-cloud. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing local users to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2014.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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: 2014.1.10

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-mfr3-9cj8-h2qmhigh

SaltStack Salt Insecure Temporary File Creation

May 17, 2022

References

docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2014.1.10.html
PatchVendor Advisory
seclists.org / oss-sec/2014/q3/428
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/95392
securityfocus.com / bid/69319