CVE-2015-6918 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.3) Information Exposure vulnerability in salt. A fix is available for salt — see the affected versions and patch details below.
salt leaks git usernames and passwords to the log
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Description
salt before 2015.5.5 leaks git usernames and passwords to the log.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | salt | all versions | 2015.5.5pip install --upgrade 'salt==2015.5.5' |
Affected Products
salt 2015saltstackDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for salt, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update salt to 2015.5.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2015-6918 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Assume what was exposed is already known: rotate any credential, token or key that the affected component could return, restrict the endpoint to callers that genuinely need it, and strip sensitive fields from responses and error output at the boundary rather than relying on the client not to read them.
Frequently Asked Questions
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