{
    "id": "CVE-2017-12791",
    "published": "2017-08-23 14:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:03:56",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-22",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.04667",
    "epss_percentile": "0.91512",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "saltstack",
            "product": "salt"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}