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CVE-2017-12791
CRITICAL
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.
Published: Aug 23, 2017
Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-22
CVSS Metrics
CVSSv3
Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| saltstack | salt | * |
| saltstack | salt | 2017.7.0 |
GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw
SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation
pip
salt
< 2016.11.7
Fixed: 2016.11.7
pip
salt
>= 2017.7.0, < 2017.7.1
Fixed: 2017.7.1
References (12)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Risk Scores
CVSS Score
9.8 / 10
EPSS Score
4.67%
Top 9% most likely to be exploited
Threat Score
40.6 / 100
Data Sources
NVD
EPSS
GitHub