CRITICAL
salt: Compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master
Published Apr 23, 2018
9.3
CRITICALCVSS 4.0
EPSS 1.41%
Description
In SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.6, compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
9.3 CRITICAL GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality High
Vulnerable System Integrity High
Vulnerable System Availability High
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
7.6 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Adjacent
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.41% 0.01411
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01411
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 | 1.41% (0.01411) | 71.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.40% (0.01400) | 68.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.49% (0.00494) | 62.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.56% (0.01558) | 69.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 60.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 60.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00222) | 58.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 10.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7893 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1572139 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2016.3.6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g283-88v5-rmq2 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2018-50.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7893
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7893
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 23, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Apr 17, 2017
Link CVE-2017-7893
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-G283-88V5-RMQ2 Updated n/a