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Critical
CVE-2017-12791
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2017.7.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 23rd, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.