GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh: salt fixed in 2017.7.2, 2016.11.8 and 2016.3.8

GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

SaltStack Salt Denial of Service via a crafted authentication request

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022

salt is fixed in 2017.7.2, 2016.11.8 and 2016.3.8 (PyPI)

SaltStack Salt Denial of Service via a crafted authentication request

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
salt	PyPI	2017.7.2, 2016.11.8, 2016.3.8

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

7.5

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
PyPI	salt	2016.11.0, 0, 2017.7.0
PyPI	salt	0, 2016.11.0, 2017.7.0

Timeline

May 17, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 16, 2026 Security Advisory

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