Medium severity · published Jan 31, 2017
CVE-2016-3176
Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an…
5.6
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Salt · Saltstack
through 2015.5.9; 2015.8.0; 2015.8.1; 2015.8.2; 2015.8.3; 2015.8.4; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3176
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3176
Release Notes
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html
Release Notes
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html
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