CVE-2016-1866 — Improper Access Control in Salt

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 29.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Saltstack SaltOpensuse Leap
Timeline
PublishedApr 12
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶PyPIsaltstack/salt2015.8.0rc1 — 2015.8.4+1
▶NVDsaltstack/salt4 versions+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Salt Improper Access Control↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
Salt Improper Access Control↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1866: Salt 2015↗2016-04-12
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OSV
CVE-2016-1866: Salt 2015↗2016-04-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
salt: Improper handling of clear messages on the minion↗2016-01-25
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1866 salt: Improper handling of clear messages on the minion↗2016-02-08
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