CVE-2017-14695
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.
- 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
- 3.19% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- saltstack/salt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500748Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500748Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.htmlIssue Tracking, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6dIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.