CVE-2017-5200

high
Published 2017-09-26 · Modified 2024-04-22
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
9.0
VIR risk
8.8

Description

Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5200.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIsalt<2015.8.132015.8.13
python PyPIsalt>=2016.3.0,<2016.3.52016.3.5
python PyPIsalt>=2016.11.0,<2016.11.22016.11.2
python PyPIsalt>=2016.11,<2016.11.22015.8.13

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
saltstacksalt{"endIncluding":"2015.8.12"}
saltstacksalt2016.3.0
saltstacksalt2016.3.1
saltstacksalt2016.3.2
saltstacksalt2016.3.3
saltstacksalt2016.3.4
saltstacksalt2016.11.0
saltstacksalt2016.11.1
saltstacksalt2016.11.2

References

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