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).

• CWE-200

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912Issue Tracking, Patch
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Apr 25, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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