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).
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
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).
- 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 · 38th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- saltstack/salt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% 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://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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.