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CVE-2015-6941
critical
CVSS 9.8
Vulnerability in salt (CVE-2015-6941)
Summary
vulnerability in salt (CVE-2015-6941). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to `c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710, 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2015-6941** has been found in salt.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.8/10.
What to do: upgrade salt to **c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710, 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "salt CVE-2015-6941" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-6941 (salt) — CWE-534 / CVSS v3 9.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710, 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-534) exists in salt.
📍 Affected scope
salt — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to **c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710, 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'salt' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'salt' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `salt` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade salt to c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710, 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1ステージング環境で c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710, 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
salt
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References
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r
- patch https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710
- report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066
- web https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
- web https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html