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    CVE-2017-12791

    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.

    Published:Aug 15, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Aug 23, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.01383
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Saltstack
    Product
    Salt

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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