CVE-2017-7893 describes a critical vulnerability in SaltStack Salt versions prior to 2016.3.6, allowing compromised salt-minions to impersonate the salt-master. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw presents a severe risk as it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2016.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.