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CVE-2017-12791: SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation

May 17, 2022 (updated October 21, 2024)

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.

References

  • bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-35.yaml
  • github.com/saltstack/salt
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12791

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 2016.11.7, all versions starting from 2017.7.0 before 2017.7.1

Fixed versions

  • 2016.11.7
  • 2017.7.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2016.11.7, 2017.7.1 or above.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

pypi/salt/CVE-2017-12791.yml

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