CVE-2017-8109

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    CVE-2017-8109

    Published: 25 Apr 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912, https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f76dc0f9c06dd0690447a31544b7bd1fe7f5765a
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2016.11
    2016.11.0
    2016.11.0-rc1
    2016.11.0-rc2
    2016.11.1
    2016.11.2
    2016.11.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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