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TI-2017-10766 Aliases CVE-2017-14696GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh

SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2…

Priority LOW 39CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · 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. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03769 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial salt (PyPI): 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2Red 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 2016.3.82016.3.8Patch availableGHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh
—salt (PyPI)2016.11.0 to before 2016.11.82016.11.8Patch availableGHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh
—salt (PyPI)2017.7.0 to before 2017.7.22017.7.2Patch availableGHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2016.3.8 Fixed in 2016.3.8 Patch available GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh
  • salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2016.11.0 to before 2016.11.8 Fixed in 2016.11.8 Patch available GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh
  • salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2017.7.0 to before 2017.7.2 Fixed in 2017.7.2 Patch available GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh

CPE configurations NVD · 15

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2016.3.7VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.1VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.1 rc1VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.1 rc2VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.2VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.3VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.4VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.5VulnerableSaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2016.3.7 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.1 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.1 rc1 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.1 rc2 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.2 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.3 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.4 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.5 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.6VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2016.11.7VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2017.7.0VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*2017.7.0 rc1VulnerableSaltStack
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2017.7.1VulnerableSaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.6 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2016.11.7 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2017.7.0 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2017.7.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
  • cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2017.7.1 Vulnerable ·SaltStack

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2016.3.8 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2016.11.8 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2017.7.2 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-2017-14696
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh

References

Patch 1

Advisory 7

Other 2

  • 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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