CVSS 3.0
5.6 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCVE-2016-3176
Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-287
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- saltstack:salt
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2 | PyPI | salt | <2015.5.10 | 2015.5.10 |
| GHSA-v2rp-9cpj-pfw2 | PyPI | salt | >=2015.8 <2015.8.8 | 2015.8.8 |
| PYSEC-2017-33 | PyPI | salt | <2015.5.10 >=2015.8 <2015.8.8 | 2015.5.10, 2015.8.8 |