VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-8109

The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.43%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-200
Affected: saltstack/salt
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912Issue Tracking, Patch
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912Issue Tracking, Patch
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

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