CVE-2017-8109

The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).

Published: 2017-04-25 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-8109 is rated Low Risk (36.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-8109

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 2025-07-05 0.09% 0.05% -0.04%
2 2025-03-30 0.19% 0.09% -0.11%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-8109

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-8109

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-8109

GHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Salt Information Exposure

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-8109

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8109
suse low CVE-2017-8109 severity low: SUSE including 18 source package names (beta1:salt-2016.11.4-45.2, beta1:salt-api-2016.11.4-45.2, …), 69 product×package rows across 19 product lines (Container caasp/v4/salt-api, Container caasp/v4/salt-master, … (19 product lines)): Fixed 69. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8109/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-8109 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 9 status rows across 9 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 4, ignored 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8109

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-8109

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 2016.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt 2016.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-8109

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912 Issue Tracking Patch
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
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