Rapid7’s 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit is now available on-demand.Watch sessions.
Rapid7

vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-4769-1 (CVE-2017-12791): Salt vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 23, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-apiubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-cloudubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-commonubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-masterubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-minionubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-proxyubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-sshubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-syndic
Title
Rapid7 Labs

2026 Global Threat Landscape Report

The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.