{"id":"CVE-2017-5192","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5192","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:56:27.853Z","title":"When using the local_batch client from salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2, external authentication is not respected, enabling all authentication to be bypassed.","description":"When using the local_batch client from salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2, external authentication is not respected, enabling all authentication to be bypassed.","published":"2017-09-26T14:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:20:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["saltstack/salt"],"epss":{"score":0.01695,"percentile":0.77009,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5192","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}