CVE-2017-8109
N/A
Published: April 25, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSalt
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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