CVE-2017-14695

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SaltStack Salt versions prior to 2016.3.8 SaltStack Salt versions 2016.11.x prior to 2016.11.8 SaltStack Salt versions 2017.7.x prior to 2017.7.2

Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the minion id validation of SaltStack Salt, allowing remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016.3.8, update to version 2016.3.8 or later. For versions 2016.11.x prior to 2016.11.8, update to version 2016.11.8 or later. For versions 2017.7.x prior to 2017.7.2, update to version 2017.7.2 or later.