CVE-2017-14695

Critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductSalt
PublishedOct 24, 2017
First seenOct 24, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • salt2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
saltstack saltv ≤ 2016.3.7, 2016.11, 2016.11.0, 2016.11.1, 2016.11.2, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.4, 2016.11.5, 2016.11.6, 2016.11.7, 2017.7.0, 2017.7.1—
saltPyPIv < 2016.3.8, 2016.11.0 ≤ v < 2016.11.8, 2017.7.0 ≤ v < 2017.7.2, 2016.11 ≤ v < 2016.11.8, 2017.7 ≤ v < 2017.7.22016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2

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