salt before 2015.5.5 leaks git usernames and passwords to the log.
Priority LOW 31CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · 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-200.
Summary
salt before 2015.5.5 leaks git usernames and passwords to the log.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01244 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial salt (PyPI): 2015.5.5Red Hat: 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | salt (PyPI) | before 2015.5.5 | 2015.5.5 | Patch available | GHSA-q2x6-8gfj-hjxw |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2015.5.5 Fixed in 2015.5.5 Patch available GHSA-q2x6-8gfj-hjxw
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-q2x6-8gfj-hjxw salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2015.5.5 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-6918
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q2x6-8gfj-hjxw
References
Patch 2
More SaltStack Salt 2015 vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-05789 win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2015-6918 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-6918 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q2x6-8gfj-hjxw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-6918 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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