HIGH
salt: Certificates are not verified when connecting to server with certain modules
Published Aug 25, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.06%
Description
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.06% 0.01057
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01057
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.06% (0.01057) | 63.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.05% (0.01048) | 59.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.31% (0.00311) | 52.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00174) | 55.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00174) | 54.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00174) | 52.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4017 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222960 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-31.yaml
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4017
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4017
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4017 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222960 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.6.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-31.yaml | ||
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c | ||
| https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4017 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4017 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 25, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 18, 2015
Link CVE-2015-4017
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-8J9G-C9RP-JVG4 Updated n/a