CVE-2015-6941
What it is
win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 2.8% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 9.8 CRITICAL (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 2.8% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-534
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Saltstack Salt 2015 5.0
- Saltstack Salt 2015 5.1
- Saltstack Salt 2015 5.2
- Saltstack Salt 2015 5.3
- Saltstack Salt 2015 5.4
- Saltstack Salt 2015 5.5
- Saltstack Salt 2015 8.0
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 9.8
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Fix and advisories
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
- https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
- https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
- https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
- https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710