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CVE-2017-5192

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5192 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SaltStack Salt versions before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.2. Specifically, the local_batch client in salt-api fails to respect external authentication, allowing attackers to bypass all authentication mechanisms. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability permits unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2015.8.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0168 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 17,829 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2015.8.13
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2016.3.5
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2016.11.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-f2h7-4f84-8qrmhigh

SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass when using the local_batch client from salt-api

May 17, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-5192Moderate

salt: local_batch client external authentication not respected

Jan 20, 2017

References

docs.saltstack.com / en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
docs.saltstack.com / en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory
docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html
Release NotesVendor Advisory