CVE-2017-12791

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductSalt
PublishedAug 23, 2017
First seenAug 23, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • salt2016.11.7, 2017.7.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
saltstack saltv ≤ 2016.11.6, 2017.7.0—
saltPyPIv < 2016.11.7, 2017.7.0 ≤ v < 2017.7.1, No range specified, 2017.7 ≤ v < 2017.7.12016.11.7, 2017.7.1

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