CVE-2017-5192
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.8
Description
When using the local_batch client from salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2, external authentication is not respected, enabling all authentication to be bypassed.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
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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References
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5192
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-38.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.