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TI-2016-07845 Aliases CVE-2016-9639GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02653 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial salt (PyPI): 2015.8.11Red Hat: 3 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 2015.8.112015.8.11Patch availableGHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2015.8.11 Fixed in 2015.8.11 Patch available GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2015.8.10VulnerableSaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2015.8.10 Vulnerable ·SaltStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2015.8.11 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Storage Console 2AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-9639
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4

References

Advisory 4

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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