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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade salt | Sep 20, 2017 | Aug 23, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Aug 23, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade salt | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 23, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade py27-saltUpgrade py32-saltUpgrade py36-saltUpgrade py34-saltUpgrade py33-saltUpgrade py35-salt | Aug 23, 2017 | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade salt-fish-completionUpgrade python2-saltUpgrade salt-cloudUpgrade salt-masterUpgrade python3-saltUpgrade salt-zsh-completionUpgrade saltUpgrade salt-docUpgrade salt-apiUpgrade salt-syndicUpgrade salt-proxyUpgrade salt-standalone-formulas-configurationUpgrade salt-sshUpgrade salt-minionUpgrade salt-bash-completion | Sep 7, 2017 | Aug 16, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade salt-proxy (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-api (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-minion (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-ssh (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-master (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-syndic (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-common (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade salt-cloud (Ubuntu Pro) | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 23, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 23, 2017 |
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