CVSS 3.0
8.1 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2016-1866
Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-284
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- opensuse:leap
- saltstack:salt
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx | PyPI | salt | >=2015.8.0rc1 <2015.8.4 | 2015.8.4 |
| PYSEC-2016-23 | PyPI | salt | >=2015.8 <2015.8.4 | 2015.8.4 |