CRITICAL
salt: win_useradd module and salt-cloud display passwords in debug log
Published Aug 9, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.24%
Description
win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2
salt
Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
salt
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2 | salt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | salt | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.24% 0.02238
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02238
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.24% (0.02238) | 82.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.22% (0.02220) | 80.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.41% (0.00408) | 59.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00514) | 77.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.51% (0.00514) | 75.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2023 | 0.51% (0.00514) | 73.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 29, 2023 | 0.65% (0.00654) | 76.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00926) | 80.54th | 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 (3)
References (11)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6941 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-71.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/fdd35374562658f4a20767a3703fab93d92f9ca9
- https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6941
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6941
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6941 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-71.yaml | ||
| https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710 | ||
| https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/fdd35374562658f4a20767a3703fab93d92f9ca9 | ||
| https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6941 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6941 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 9, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Sep 15, 2015
Link CVE-2015-6941
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-CXM4-7QCW-267R Updated n/a