salt: Vulnerable caching provides access to private pillar data
Published Feb 7, 2017
9.1
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.60%
Description
Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3
salt
Will not fix
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
salt
Will not fix
Red Hat Storage Console 2
salt
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 | salt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | salt | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage Console 2 | 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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/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 | 2.60% (0.02602) | 84.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.58% (0.02581) | 83.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.33% (0.00325) | 53.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00283) | 69.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00283) | 67.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00283) | 63.60th | 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) |
References (12)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94553 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9639 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1399220 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.11.html#new-master-configuration-parameter
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2015.8/ref/configuration/master.html#rotate-aes-key x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-34.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9639
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200227212146/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94553
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9639
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