CVE-2015-6941

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Published: 2017-08-09 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-6941 is rated High Risk (69.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.22%). EPSS rose +1.81% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6941

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.41% 2.22% +1.81%
2 2025-03-30 1.39% 0.41% -0.98%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.39% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6941

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6941

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2015-6941

GHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — salt password information leaked in debug logs

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-6941

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-6941
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-6941 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 12 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 7, ignored 2, released 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6941

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6941

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt_2015 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt_2015 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt_2015 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt_2015 5.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt_2015 5.4 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt_2015 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt_2015 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt_2015:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6941

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