{"cve":"CVE-2017-12791","nvd":{"published":"2017-08-23T14:29:00.283","modified":"2026-06-17T01:03:56.573","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006","https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html","https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html"],"products":["saltstack:salt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:44:47.710380879+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-12791","score":0.04667,"percentile":0.91758,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw","summary":"SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation","modified":"2026-07-09T16:56:24.190827719Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<2016.11.7"],"fixed":["2016.11.7"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":[">=2017.7.0 <2017.7.1"],"fixed":["2017.7.1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2017-35","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-35","summary":"","modified":"2026-07-09T16:56:24.190827719Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<2016.11.7",">=2017.7 <2017.7.1"],"fixed":["2016.11.7","2017.7.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}