9.8

CVE-2015-6941: saltstack salt_2015

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267rPYSEC-2017-71UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6941
Published 09-08-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-6941 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in saltstack salt_2015. EPSS estimates a 2.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.24%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-4769-1

Timeline

  1. 09-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.24% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.24%

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≥ 2015.5, < 2015.5.6 | < c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710 | ≥ 2015.8, < 2015.8.1
Saltstack1 product
  • salt_20155.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 8.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

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