{
    "id": "CVE-2017-14695",
    "published": "2017-10-24 17:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:06:36",
    "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 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.",
    "epss_score": "0.02590",
    "epss_percentile": "0.84977",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-14 18:17:16",
    "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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500748",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html",
        "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500748",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html",
        "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d"
    ]
}