VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-1866

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability1.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-12
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-284: Improper Access Control

Primary references