salt: Improper handling of clear messages on the minion
Published Apr 12, 2016
8.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.52%
Description
Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2
salt
Not affected
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
salt
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2 | salt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | salt | Not affected | 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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 1.52% (0.01516) | 73.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.52% (0.01516) | 71.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00893) | 73.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 53.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 52.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.16% (0.00159) | 50.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 75.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 75.38th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 73.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.58% (0.01578) | 52.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1866 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305460 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2016-23.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1866
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1866
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1866 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305460 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2016-23.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1866 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1866 |
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