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TI-2017-09473 Aliases CVE-2017-12791GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before…

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-22Published · 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: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04667 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial salt (PyPI): 2016.11.7, 2017.7.1Red 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 2016.11.72016.11.7Patch availableGHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw
—salt (PyPI)2017.7.0 to before 2017.7.12017.7.1Patch availableGHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2016.11.7 Fixed in 2016.11.7 Patch available GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw
  • salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2017.7.0 to before 2017.7.1 Fixed in 2017.7.1 Patch available GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2016.11.6VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2017.7.0VulnerableSaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2016.11.6 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2017.7.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2016.11.7 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2017.7.1 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-2017-12791
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw

References

Patch 5

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • 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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