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CVE-2017-14696

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14696 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting SaltStack Salt versions before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.2. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to disrupt service by sending a specially crafted authentication request. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a low-complexity attack vector with a high impact on availability, requiring no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0274 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (7)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2016.11.8
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2017.7.2
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2016.3.8
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3Fixed in: salt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Ceph Storage 2Fixed in: salt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage Console 2Fixed in: salt

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrhhigh

SaltStack Salt Denial of Service via a crafted authentication request

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-14696Moderate

salt: Remote DoS via crafted authentication request

Sep 26, 2017

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html
Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html
Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html
Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html
Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html
Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory