CVE-2016-3176

MEDIUM

Salt < 2015.5.9 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.

References (2)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.6

EPSS 0.0017

EPSS Percentile 37.6%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (9)

saltstack/salt < 2015.5.9

saltstack/salt

pypi/salt < 2015.5.10PyPI

Timeline

Published Jan 31, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026