CVE-2018-15750

Directory Traversal vulnerability in salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allows remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server.

Published: 2018-10-24 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-15750 is rated Moderate Risk (55.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.24%). EPSS rose +3.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-15750

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 0.92% 4.24% +3.32%
2 2025-11-21 0.70% 0.92% +0.22%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.70% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-15750

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N 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:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 1.4 [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-2018-15750

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-15750

GHSA-jx34-pppm-gjvr · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Salt Directory Traversal vulnerability in salt-api

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-15750

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15750
suse medium CVE-2018-15750 severity moderate: SUSE including 438 source package names (1.4.2:python3-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1, 2.5.3-61.1:python3-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1, …), 1208 product×package rows across 282 product lines (Container caasp/v4/389-ds, Container caasp/v4/salt-api, … (282 product lines)): Fixed 643, Known Not Affected 334, Known Affected 231. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15750/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-15750 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 3, not-affected 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15750

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-15750

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt < 2017.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt >= 2018.3.0, < 2018.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-15750

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