Salt allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id

Description

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
critical
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Published (advisory)
2022-05-17 03:00:54 UTC
Updated
2024-10-21 21:30:28 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2024-04-30 08:34:20 UTC
NVD published
2017-02-07 17:59:00 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.80% 73.93%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
9.1 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: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:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-284 Improper Access Control

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
pip salt < 2015.8.11 2015.8.11

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence