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CVE-2017-7893

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.6, compromised salt-minions can impersonate the salt-master.

Affected products

• VMware SALT: before 2016.3.6 — fixed in 2016.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware SALT 2016.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2016.3.6.html
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2016.3.6.html

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