SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication request.
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2017-10-24
Updated: 2025-04-20
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.02661