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CVE-2017-8109

SaltStack Salt Information Exposure

Also known as GHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7, PYSEC-2017-82

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 38%
Public exploits
0
none known

The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.43% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub3.07.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pypisalt
>=2016.11, <2016.11.4
2016.11.4

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

  • github.com /saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /saltstack/salt/issues/40075 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /saltstack/salt/pull/40609 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.suse.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1035912 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/98095 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • docs.saltstack.com /en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8109 · advisory
  • github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-82.yaml · web
  • github.com /saltstack/salt · package
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7 · advisory

Sources

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