id: PYSEC-2017-151
published: "2017-08-23T14:29:00.283Z"
modified: "2026-07-09T16:21:00Z"
withdrawn: "2026-07-09T16:21:00Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2017-12791
details: Withdrawn as duplicate of PYSEC-2017-35
  Directory 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.
affected:
- package:
    name: salt
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/salt
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384
- type: FIX
  url: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399
- type: FIX
  url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006
- type: FIX
  url: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.html
- type: FIX
  url: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.html
- type: FIX
  url: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H