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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade salt | Jul 30, 2024 | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade py35-saltUpgrade py33-saltUpgrade py36-saltUpgrade py32-saltUpgrade py34-saltUpgrade py27-salt | Nov 23, 2017 | Nov 23, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python2-saltUpgrade salt-apiUpgrade salt-docUpgrade salt-standalone-formulas-configurationUpgrade saltUpgrade salt-bash-completionUpgrade salt-cloudUpgrade salt-fish-completionUpgrade salt-minionUpgrade python3-saltUpgrade salt-syndicUpgrade salt-masterUpgrade salt-proxyUpgrade salt-zsh-completionUpgrade salt-ssh | Oct 20, 2017 | Oct 20, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade salt-syndic (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-master (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-api (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-cloud (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-minion (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-proxy (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-ssh (Ubuntu Pro) | Mar 22, 2023 | Oct 24, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 24, 2017 |
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