{"cve":"CVE-2017-8109","nvd":{"published":"2017-04-25T17:59:00.180","modified":"2026-06-17T01:25:47.283","status":"Modified","description":"The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-200"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095","https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912","https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html","https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075","https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609"],"products":["saltstack:salt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:09.859288039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-8109","score":0.00434,"percentile":0.37751,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7","summary":"SaltStack Salt Information Exposure","modified":"2024-10-26T22:51:39.582387Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":[">=2016.11 <2016.11.4"],"fixed":["2016.11.4"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2017-82","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2017-82","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:02:37.483348264Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":[">=2016.11 <2016.11.4"],"fixed":["2016.11.4"]}]}],"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."]}