CVE-2015-6941

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: August 09, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

2.2%

80th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-534

Affected Vendors

saltstack

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