CVSS 3.0
8.8 highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-5192
When using the local_batch client from salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2, external authentication is not respected, enabling all authentication to be bypassed.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% 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-f2h7-4f84-8qrm | PyPI | salt | <2015.8.13 | 2015.8.13 |
| GHSA-f2h7-4f84-8qrm | PyPI | salt | >=2016.3.0 <2016.3.5 | 2016.3.5 |
| GHSA-f2h7-4f84-8qrm | PyPI | salt | >=2016.11.0 <2016.11.2 | 2016.11.2 |
| PYSEC-2017-38 | PyPI | salt | <2015.8.13 >=2016.3 <2016.3.5 >=2016.11 <2016.11.2 | 2015.8.13, 2016.3.5, 2016.11.2 |
References
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html