CVE-2015-6941 describes a critical information disclosure vulnerability affecting Salt versions 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1. Specifically, the win_useradd, salt-cloud, and Linode driver components inadvertently leak sensitive password information into debug logs. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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