CVE-2017-14695
SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.
How to fix CVE-2017-14695
To remediate CVE-2017-14695, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2016.3.8 or later
- —upgrade to 80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d or later
Is CVE-2017-14695 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2016.3.8
- from 0, < 80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d | from 0, < 2016.3.8, >= 2016.11, < 2016.11.8, >= 2017.7, < 2017.7.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |