What is CVE-2015-1839?

CVE-2015-1839 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-1839?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Saltstack Salt

CVE-2015-1839

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

Published 2017-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Saltstack Salt
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/b49d0d4b5ca5c6f31f03e2caf97cef1088eeed81 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175568.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/22d2f7a1ec93300c34e8c42d14ec39d51e610b5c (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.4.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1839?: CVE-2015-1839 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-1839?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.