CVE-2015-6918
medium
CVSS v3
6.3
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.3
Description
salt before 2015.5.5 leaks git usernames and passwords to the log.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
73%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| saltstack | salt_2015 | {"endIncluding":"5.4"} | |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257154
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/28aa9b105804ff433d8f663b2f9b804f2b75495a
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6918
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/26484
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/26486
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-70.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.