9.1

CVE-2016-9639: saltstack salt Improper Access Control

CVSS: 9.1v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesSUSE-RU-2017:0169-1SUSE-RU-2017:0171-1SUSE-RU-2017:0174-1
Published 07-02-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9639 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Improper Access Control vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 2.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.1/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.60%
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. 07-02-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.60%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.60% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.60%

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

Suse14 products
  • osad&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS< 5.11.64.3-5.1
  • osad&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS< 5.11.64.3-5.1
  • salt&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 3< 2015.8.12-27.5
  • salt&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 4< 2015.8.12-27.5
  • salt&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2< 2015.8.12-27.5
PyPI1 product
  • salt< 2015.8.11
Saltstack1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • saltAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 17 products

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