Name: CVE-2016-3176: Improper Authentication
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-3176, CWE-287, CVSS 5.6, EPSS 0.00167

Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 5.6
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade salt	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 31, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade py27-saltUpgrade py34-saltUpgrade py35-saltUpgrade py33-saltUpgrade py32-salt	Dec 10, 2025	Mar 27, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade salt-master (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-minion (Ubuntu Pro)	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 31, 2017

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CVSS Details

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