CVE-2016-9639 json
Salt allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id
published 2017-02-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4 , PYSEC-2017-34 , EUVD-2017-0118
- cvss
- 9.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.7%
- EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.
Patch / fix
- pypi salt 2015.8.11
- osad SLES 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS, SLES 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS 5.11.64.3-5.1
- salt SLES 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS, SLES 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS 2015.8.12-27.1
- spacewalk-backend SLES 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS, SLES 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS 2.5.24.7-16.1
- supportutils-plugin-susemanager-client SLES 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS, SLES 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS 3.0.5-5.1
- salt SLE Point of Sale 12 SP2, Manager Server 3.0, Manager Proxy 3.0 +3 more 2015.8.12-27.5
suse advisories SUSE-RU-2017:0174-1SUSE-RU-2017:0169-1SUSE-RU-2017:0171-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9639 updated cvss 5.3
salt: Vulnerable caching provides access to private pillar data
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Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 salt Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 salt, salt-minion Red Hat Storage Console 2 saltaffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | salt | <2015.8.11 |
2015.8.11 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
References
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docs.saltstack.com
/en/2015.8/ref/configuration/master.html#rotate-aes-key
web, vendor-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/2
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/94553
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory, web
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/3
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9639
advisory
-
docs.saltproject.io
/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.11.html#new-master-configuration-parameter
web
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-34.yaml
web
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github.com
/saltstack/salt
package
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web.archive.org
/web/20200227212146/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94553
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2016-9639
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4
- NVD CVE-2016-9639
- OSV PYSEC-2017-34
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