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CVE-2015-4017

Salt vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation

7.5 HighFix available

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 1.08%, the 65th percentile. Fixed in salt 2014.7.6.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
1.08%EPSS, 65th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
2014.7.6salt +1 more

Description

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

1.08%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
salt
PyPI
before 2014.7.6
2014.7.6
salt
PyPI
before 2014.7.6, plus listed versions
0.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.30.10.4
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0.10.50.11.00.11.10.12.00.12.10.13.00.13.10.13.20.13.30.14.00.14.10.15.00.15.10.15.20.15.30.15.900.16.00.16.10.16.20.16.30.16.40.17.00.17.0rc10.17.10.17.20.17.30.17.40.17.50.8.70.8.90.9.00.9.10.9.20.9.30.9.40.9.50.9.60.9.70.9.80.9.90.9.9.12014.1.02014.1.0rc12014.1.0rc22014.1.0rc3
2014.7.6

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

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 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-295
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo 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-2017-0115No 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-jvg47.5

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 HighCVSS: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-jvg47.5

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 HighCVSS: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-2015-40177.5

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 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-31No 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

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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