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CVE-2017-14696
high
CVSS 7.5
Vulnerability in salt (CVE-2017-14696)
Summary
vulnerability in salt (CVE-2017-14696). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2017-14696** has been found in salt.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: upgrade salt to **5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "salt CVE-2017-14696" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-14696 (salt) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: `5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2` — 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-20) exists in salt.
📍 Affected scope
salt — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2**.
🛡️ 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 5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2ステージング環境で 5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.8, 2017.7.2 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
[{"repo":"https:\/\/github.com\/saltstack\/salt","type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2016.3.8"},{"introduced":"2016.11"},{"fixed":"2016.11.8"},{"introduced":"2017.7"},{"fixed":"2017.7.2"}]}]
References
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-657p-cj5r-mjrh
- patch https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5f8b5e1a0f23fe0f2be5b3c3e04199b57a53db5b
- report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500742
- web http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00073.html
- web http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-10/msg00075.html
- web https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.8.html
- web https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.3.8.html
- web https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.2.html