salt: insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service
Published Jan 31, 2017
5.6
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.87%
Description
Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2015.5.9
- 2015.8.0
- 2015.8.1
- 2015.8.2
- 2015.8.3
- 2015.8.4
- 2015.8.5
- 2015.8.7
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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 | 0.87% (0.00873) | 57.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.87% (0.00873) | 54.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.17% (0.00167) | 35.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 42.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 40.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.10% (0.00097) | 38.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3176 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1320865 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-33.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3176
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3176
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3176 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1320865 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-33.yaml | ||
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3176 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3176 |
Change history (0)
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