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TI-2015-03388 Aliases CVE-2015-4017GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4

Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.

Priority LOW 35CWE-295Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01078 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial salt (PyPI): 2014.7.6Red Hat: 2 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—salt (PyPI)before 2014.7.62014.7.6Patch availableGHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2014.7.6 Fixed in 2014.7.6 Patch available GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2014.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2014.7.5VulnerableSaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2014.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.7.5 Vulnerable ·SaltStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.7.6 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-4017
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4

References

Patch 3

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2020-12851 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-09349 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-07530 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-09350 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2021-07531 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2021-12769 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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