{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8109","details":"The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).","modified":"2025-07-16T08:21:43.009699Z","published":"2017-04-25T17:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:58Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-8109"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8109"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/8492cef7a5c8871a3978ffc2f6e48b3b960e0151"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8109"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2017.7.4+dfsg1-1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"}]}],"versions":["2016.11.5+ds-1","2016.11.8+dfsg1-1","2017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1","2017.7.3+dfsg1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"salt-api","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-cloud","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-common","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-doc","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-master","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-minion","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-proxy","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-ssh","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"},{"binary_name":"salt-syndic","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8109.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}