CVE-2016-1866
Salt Improper Access Control
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.63%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-1866
To remediate CVE-2016-1866, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- PyPI/salt—upgrade to 2015.8.4 or later
- —upgrade to 2015.8.4 or later
Is CVE-2016-1866 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2015.8.0rc1, < 2015.8.4
- >= 2015.8, < 2015.8.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |