High severity · published Apr 12, 2016
CVE-2016-1866
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…
8.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
SA
Salt · Saltstack
2015.8.0; 2015.8.1; 2015.8.2; 2015.8.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1866
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1866
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html
Vendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html
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