CVE-2017-8109

high
Published 2017-04-25 · Modified 2024-04-22
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
7.8

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).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
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-2017-8109.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
python PyPIsalt>=2016.11,<2016.11.42016.11.4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
saltstacksalt2016.11
saltstacksalt2016.11.0
saltstacksalt2016.11.1
saltstacksalt2016.11.2
saltstacksalt2016.11.3

References

CWEs

CWE-200

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