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GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw
GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 17, 2022
salt is fixed in 2017.7.1 and 2016.11.7 (PyPI)
SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| salt | PyPI | 2017.7.1, 2016.11.7 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PyPI | salt | 2017.7.0, 0 |
| PyPI | salt | 0, 2017.7.0 |
Timeline
- May 17, 2022 CVE Published
- Mar 2, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12791 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006 url
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html url
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html url
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-35.yaml url
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt product
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-151.yaml url
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944 fix
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399 advisory