Path traversal in Salt - CVE-2017-14695

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12735

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14695

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: SaltStack

Affected software:
Salt

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in minion id validation due to path traversal. A remote attacker with incorrect credentials can authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.

Update to versions 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8 or 2017.7.2.

• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html