{"id":"CVE-2017-7893","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-7893","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:01.543Z","title":"In SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.6, compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master.","description":"In SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.6, compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master.","published":"2018-04-23T22:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:25:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["saltstack/salt"],"epss":{"score":0.01385,"percentile":0.72066,"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 (1.39%). 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/2017.7/topics/releases/2016.3.6.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2016.3.6.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7893","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."}