CVE-2017-12791
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.7% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.67% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-08-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| saltstack | salt |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944
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