CVE-2016-1866

8.1 HIGH

Published: April 12, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html

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

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html

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

Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

8.1 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.6%

70th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

Affected Vendors

saltstack opensuse

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