{"id":"CVE-2017-14695","aliases":["GHSA-j6gj-pg62-x8j6","PYSEC-2017-36"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14695","summary":"SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation","details":"Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.","published":"2017-10-24T17:29:00.323Z","modified":"2026-07-08T05:50:19.483332041Z","cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2016.3.8"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2016.11.8"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2017.7.2"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d","label":"saltstack/salt@80d9030"},"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500748"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/80d90307b07b3703428ecbb7c8bb468e28a9ae6d"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T05:50:19.483332041Z"}}