PYSEC-2016-23

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    PYSEC-2016-23

    Published: 12 Apr 2016Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00034.html, https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/salt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2015.8
    Fixed -2015.8.4

    Affected versions

    2015.8.0
    2015.8.1
    2015.8.2
    2015.8.3

    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