{"id":"CVE-2017-12791","aliases":["GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw","PYSEC-2017-35"],"title":"SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation","summary":"SaltStack Salt Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"salt","product":"salt","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["salt < 2016.11.7","salt >= 2017.7.0, < 2017.7.1"],"patched":["salt 2016.11.7","salt 2017.7.1"],"published":"2022-05-17","updated":"2026-07-09","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xxvj-8g5m-4qgw","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12791"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html"},{"url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-151.yaml"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-35.yaml"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.04111,"epssPercentile":0.90352,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-09T18:56:35.306Z","slug":"CVE-2017-12791","body":"## Overview\n\nDirectory 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `salt < 2016.11.7`\n- `salt >= 2017.7.0, < 2017.7.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `salt 2016.11.7`\n- `salt 2017.7.1`","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.8,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}