CVE-2017-5200 describes a critical vulnerability in SaltStack Salt, specifically affecting salt-api in versions prior to 2015.8.13, 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.2. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to achieve arbitrary command execution on the salt-master via Salt's ssh_client. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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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