High severity · published Apr 25, 2017
CVE-2017-8109
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…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Salt · Saltstack
2016.11; 2016.11.0; 2016.11.0; 2016.11.0; 2016.11.1; 2016.11.2; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8109
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8109
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912
Patch
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658
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