In SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.6, compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master.
Priority MEDIUM 45Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
In SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.6, compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01373 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial salt (PyPI): 2016.3.6Red 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 2016.3.6 | 2016.3.6 | Patch available | GHSA-g283-88v5-rmq2 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2016.3.6 Fixed in 2016.3.6 Patch available GHSA-g283-88v5-rmq2
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-g283-88v5-rmq2 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2016.3.6 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7893
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g283-88v5-rmq2
References
More SaltStack Salt vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2017-7893 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7893 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g283-88v5-rmq2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7893 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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