CVE-2015-1838

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.004 · 37 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.43% (37th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

10 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

modules/serverdensity_device.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.4

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV

v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.15.3mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-19USprimaryCWE-19US

affected products (10)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 23fstec_bduRU
SaltStack, Inc Salt≤ 2014.7.3fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Common Edition≤ 2.12 «Орёл»fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
fedoraproject fedora= 23nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt≤ 2014.7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI salt< 2014.7.4osvUSpkg:pypi/salt

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-92pw-mff9-jqgmSalt improper handling of tmp files2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
`modules/serverdensity_device.py` in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in `/tmp`.
PYSEC-2017-292017-04-13vendor · osvUS
modules/serverdensity_device.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-04-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (14)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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