CVE-2017-14695 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability affecting SaltStack Salt versions prior to 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.2. This flaw allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master by crafting a malicious minion ID. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no user interaction or complex attack vectors, and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, its critical nature and ease of exploitation warrant immediate patching. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2016.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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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.