CVE-2015-4017
Salt vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
- Record
CVE-2015-4017- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
- Record
CVE-2015-4017- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0115 No score
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
- Record
EUVD-2017-0115- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4
Salt vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
- Record
GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4
Salt vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
- Record
GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-4017
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4017- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-31 No score
Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
- Record
PYSEC-2017-31- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
saltPyPI |
before 2014.7.6 | 2014.7.6 |
saltPyPI |
before 2014.7.6, plus listed versions 0.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.30.10.4 Show 45 moreShow less0.10.50.11.00.11.10.12.00.12.10.13.00.13.10.13.20.13.30.14.00.14.10.15.00.15.10.15.20.15.30.15.900.16.00.16.10.16.20.16.30.16.40.17.00.17.0rc10.17.10.17.20.17.30.17.40.17.50.8.70.8.90.9.00.9.10.9.20.9.30.9.40.9.50.9.60.9.70.9.80.9.90.9.9.12014.1.02014.1.0rc12014.1.0rc22014.1.0rc3 |
2014.7.6 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-4017 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Saltstack Salt, published August 25, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.06%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in salt 2014.7.6.
References
Left out here: 26 versions. The JSON record has them.