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CVE-2015-8034

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CVE-2015-8034 describes a weak permissions vulnerability in the state.sls function of Salt before version 2015.8.3, affecting SaltStack Salt. This flaw allows local users to access sensitive information from cache data due to improperly set file permissions. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low attack complexity and impact, with the primary risk being information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2015.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,509 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2015.8.3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: salt (trusty)Fixed in: 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2Fixed in: calamari-server
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: calamari-server
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3Fixed in: salt

Vendor Advisories (3)

ubuntuUSN-8153-1

Salt vulnerabilities

Apr 7, 2026
pipGHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247low

Salt uses weak permissions on the cache data

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-8034Moderate

salt: Information leak from state.sls cache data stored as world-readable

Oct 30, 2015

References

docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.3.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96390