CVE-2015-4017

high
Published 2017-08-25 · Modified 2024-04-29
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.6.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222960

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/2

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIsalt<2014.7.62014.7.6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
saltstacksalt2014.7.5

References

CWEs

CWE-295

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.