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CVE-2015-6941

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 passwo

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00383
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-534DEPRECATED: Information Exposure Through Debug Log Files
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Affected Products & Versions

1
saltstack salt 2015all versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI salt CRITICAL fixed in 2015.5.6
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Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD09 Aug 2017 · 04:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-4769-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.htmlRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.htmlRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710PatchThird Party Advisory
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