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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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