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CVE-2015-6918

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-6918 describes a vulnerability in SaltStack Salt versions prior to 2015.5.5, where git usernames and passwords are inadvertently logged, leading to information disclosure. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.3) requires low privileges and high attack complexity, but can result in a complete compromise of confidentiality (CWE-200). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 1,425 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2015.5.5
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2Fixed in: salt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3Fixed in: salt

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-q2x6-8gfj-hjxwmedium

salt leaks git usernames and passwords to the log

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-6918Low

salt: git module leaks authentication details into log

Aug 19, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / saltstack/salt/commit/28aa9b105804ff433d8f663b2f9b804f2b75495a
PatchThird Party Advisory