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CVE-2016-1866: opensuse leap Improper Access Control

CVSS: 8.1v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxxPYSEC-2016-23UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1866
Published 12-04-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1866 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Improper Access Control vulnerability in opensuse leap. EPSS estimates a 1.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.52%
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. 12-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.52% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.52%

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

Opensuse1 product
PyPI1 product
  • salt≥ 2015.8.0rc1, < 2015.8.4 | ≥ 2015.8, < 2015.8.4
Saltstack1 product
  • saltEOL2015.8.0 | 2015.8.1 | 2015.8.2 | 2015.8.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • saltAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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