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GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx

HIGH

GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx is a high-severity (CVSS 8.1) CWE-284 vulnerability in salt. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

Salt Improper Access Control

Also known asCVE-2016-1866PYSEC-2016-23
Published
May 14, 2022
Updated
Oct 21, 2024
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected
🐍salt

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Description

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐍PyPIsalt2015.8.0rc1&&< 2015.8.42015.8.4

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for salt. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update salt to 2015.8.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.