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CVE-2016-9639

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.

Affected products

• VMware SALT: through 2015.8.10

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94553
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2015.8/ref/configuration/master.html#rotate-aes-key
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94553
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2015.8/ref/configuration/master.html#rotate-aes-key

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