salt: Remote DoS via crafted authentication request
Published Oct 24, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.76%
Description
SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication request.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2016.3.7
- 2016.11
- 2016.11.0
- 2016.11.1
- 2016.11.1
- 2016.11.1
- 2016.11.2
- 2016.11.3
- 2016.11.4
- 2016.11.5
- 2016.11.6
- 2016.11.7
- 2017.7.0
- 2017.7.0
- 2017.7.1
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:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.76% (0.02762) | 85.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.74% (0.02739) | 84.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.66% (0.02661) | 84.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.10% (0.06103) | 84.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 3.38% (0.03379) | 91.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 3.38% (0.03379) | 90.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.35% (0.03352) | 89.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.58% (0.02580) | 55.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.58% (0.02580) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEIssue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEIssue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14696 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-37.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14696
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14696
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.