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CVE-2017-12791 (GCVE-0-2017-12791)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-23 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 18:51
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Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-08-15 00:00
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