Name: CVE-2015-8034: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8034, CWE-200, CVSS 3.3, EPSS 0.00407

The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 3.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade salt	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 30, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade py27-salt	Dec 10, 2025	Dec 7, 2015
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade salt-master (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-minion (Ubuntu Pro)	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 30, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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