{"id":"CVE-2017-8109","details":"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).","aliases":["GHSA-xcx4-5wq7-g5g7","PYSEC-2017-82"],"modified":"2026-10-20T10:50:10.511042553Z","published":"2017-04-25T17:59:00.180Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:1581-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1"],"database_specific":{},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt","events":[{"introduced":"f76dc0f9c06dd0690447a31544b7bd1fe7f5765a"},{"last_affected":"40f72db53e2b22e7ef88e1e150caedfdf10772f1"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","range":[{"introduced":"2016.11"},{"last_affected":"2016.11"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"},{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","range":[{"introduced":"2016.11.0"},{"last_affected":"2016.11.0"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"},{"range":[{"introduced":"2016.11.0-rc1"},{"last_affected":"2016.11.0-rc1"}],"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*"},{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*","range":[{"introduced":"2016.11.0-rc2"},{"last_affected":"2016.11.0-rc2"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"},{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","range":[{"introduced":"2016.11.1"},{"last_affected":"2016.11.1"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"},{"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","range":[{"introduced":"2016.11.2"},{"last_affected":"2016.11.2"}]},{"source":"CPE_STRING","cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","range":[{"introduced":"2016.11.3"},{"last_affected":"2016.11.3"}]}]}}],"versions":["2016.11","2016.11.0","2016.11.0-rc1","2016.11.0-rc2","2016.11.1","2016.11.2","2016.11.3","v2016.9","v2016.11","v2016.11.3","v2016.11.2","v2016.11.1","v2016.11.0","v2016.11.0rc2","v2016.11.0rc1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8109.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}