VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-12791

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 9.8EPSS 4.67%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 4.67% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Affected: saltstack/salt
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.