salt: Directory traversal vulnerability on salt-master via crafted minion IDs
Published Aug 23, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.67%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.
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:H
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 3, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.67% (0.04667) | 91.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.63% (0.04629) | 90.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.38% (0.01383) | 78.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.51% (0.03510) | 79.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 77.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 76.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 73.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 0.66% (0.00661) | 76.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00641) | 76.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 31.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 71.88th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (12)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12791 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-151.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-35.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12791
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12791
Change history (0)
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