9.8

CVE-2017-14695: saltstack salt Path Traversal

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesGHSA-j6gj-pg62-x8j6PYSEC-2017-36UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14695
Published 24-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14695 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% 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
2.59%
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 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2017:3380-1SUSE-SU-2017:3381-1SUSE-SU-2018:1757-1SUSE-SU-2018:3811-1USN-4769-1

Timeline

  1. 24-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.59% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.59%

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< 2016.3.8 | ≥ 2016.11.0, < 2016.11.8 | ≥ 2017.7.0, < 2017.7.2 | < 80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d | ≥ 2017.7, < 2017.7.2
Saltstack1 product
  • saltEOL≤ 2016.3.7 | 2016.11 | 2016.11.0 | 2016.11.1 | 2016.11.1:rc1 | 2016.11.1:rc2 | 2016.11.2 | 2016.11.3 | 2016.11.4 | 2016.11.5 | 2016.11.6 | 2016.11.7 | 2017.7.0 | 2017.7.0:rc1 | 2017.7.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

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