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CVE-2015-6941

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FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0222 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2015.5.6
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2015.8.1
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-cxm4-7qcw-267rcritical

salt password information leaked in debug logs

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-6941Moderate

salt: win_useradd module and salt-cloud display passwords in debug log

Sep 12, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
PatchThird Party Advisory