CVE-2017-12791

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: August 23, 2017 Modified: May 13, 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.

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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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384

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

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399

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

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006

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

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html

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

Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html

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

Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944

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

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

9.8 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

4.6%

91th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

saltstack

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