7.5

CVE-2015-4017: saltstack salt Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4PYSEC-2017-31UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4017
Published 25-08-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-4017 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 1.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.06%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 25-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

64%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.06% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

PyPI1 product
  • salt< 2014.7.6
Saltstack1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 2015.8.8+ds-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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