CVE-2017-14695

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.

Published: 2017-10-24 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2017-14695 is rated Moderate Risk (58.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Review affected assets and schedule 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-2017-14695

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 2025-12-23 0.45% 0.33% -0.12%
2 2025-05-10 0.47% 0.45% -0.02%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.47% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-14695

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]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-14695

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-14695

GHSA-j6gj-pg62-x8j6 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-14695

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14695
suse medium CVE-2017-14695 severity moderate: SUSE including 447 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 695 product×package rows across 60 product lines (Container caasp/v4/salt-api, Container caasp/v4/salt-master, … (60 product lines)): Fixed 300, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 164. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14695/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-14695 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 8, released 3, ignored 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14695

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-14695

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt <= 2016.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.7 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2017.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2017.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2017.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-14695

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500748 Issue Tracking Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html Issue Tracking Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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