7.8

CVE-2017-8109: saltstack salt

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7PYSEC-2017-82UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8109
Published 25-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-8109 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
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 2 · Related 2
SUSE-SU-2017:1581-1SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1

Timeline

  1. 25-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

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≥ 2016.11, < 2016.11.4
Saltstack1 product
  • salt2016.11 | 2016.11.0 | 2016.11.0:rc1 | 2016.11.0:rc2 | 2016.11.1 | 2016.11.2 | 2016.11.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • salt< 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1

3 vendors · 3 products

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