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CVE-2017-12791

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.

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.

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00924
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
saltstack salt<= 2016.11.6
saltstack saltall 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 2016.11.7
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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 NVD23 Aug 2017 · 02:29 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

9
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11364-1
usnUSN-4769-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:3811-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:1757-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2017:3380-1
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.htmlPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.htmlPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
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