PYSEC-2017-38

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    PYSEC-2017-38

    Published: 26 Sept 2017Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html, https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html, https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f2h7-4f84-8qrm

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/salt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2015.8.13

    Affected versions

    0.10.0
    0.10.1
    0.10.2
    0.10.3
    0.10.4
    0.10.5

    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