CVE-2017-5192

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.

Published: 2017-09-26 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-5192 is rated Moderate Risk (62.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). EPSS rose +1.20% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2017-5192

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 0.48% 1.68% +1.20%
2 2026-05-31 0.15% 0.48% +0.33%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-5192

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-5192

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-5192

GHSA-f2h7-4f84-8qrm · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass when using the local_batch client from salt-api

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-5192

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5192
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-5192 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 9, DNE 8, ignored 3, needed 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5192

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-5192

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt <= 2015.8.12 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 2016.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-5192

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