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CVE-2015-6941

salt password information leaked in debug logs

9.8 CriticalFix available

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

2.83%Up 1.8 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Record
CVE-2015-6941
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-534
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Record
CVE-2015-6941
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-0125 No score

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Record
EUVD-2017-0125
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r 9.8

salt password information leaked in debug logs

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Record
GHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r 9.8

salt password information leaked in debug logs

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Record
GHSA-cxm4-7qcw-267r
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-6941 9.8

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6941
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2017-71 No score

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

Record
PYSEC-2017-71
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4769-1 No score

salt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a special crafted file. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-3563)

Andreas Stieger discovered that Salt exposed git usernames and passwords in log files. An attacker could use this issue to retrieve sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-6918).

It was discovered that Salt exposed password authentication credentials in log files. An attacker could use this issue to retrieve sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2015-6941)

It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a special crafted file. An attacker could use this issue to cause a DoS or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12791, CVE-2017-14695, CVE-2017-14696)

It was discovered that Salt allowed remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server. An attacker could use this issue to extract sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-15750)

It was discovered that Salt allowed users to bypass authentication. An attacker could use this issue to extract sensitive information, execute arbitrary code or crash the server. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-15751)

Record
USN-4769-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
salt
PyPI
2015.5 up to 2015.5.6
2015.5.6
salt
PyPI
2015.8 up to 2015.8.1
2015.8.1
salt
PyPI
2015.5 up to 2015.5.6, plus listed versions
2015.5.02015.5.12015.5.22015.5.32015.5.42015.5.5
2015.5.6
salt
PyPI
2015.8 up to 2015.8.1, plus listed versions
2015.8.0
2015.8.1
salt
PyPI
2015.5 up to 2015.5.6, 2015.8 up to 2015.8.1, plus listed versions
2015.5.02015.5.12015.5.22015.5.32015.5.4
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2015.5.52015.8.0v2014.7.6v2014.7.5v2014.7.4v2014.7.3v2014.7.2v2014.7.1v2014.7.0v2014.7v2014.7.0rc7v2014.7.0rc6v2014.7.0rc5v2014.7.0rc3v2014.7.0rc4v2014.7.0rc2v2014.7.0rc1v2014.1v0.17v0.16v0.15.0v0.14.0v0.13.0v0.12.0v0.11.0v0.10.5v0.10.4v0.10.3v0.10.2v0.10.1v0.10.0v0.9.9v0.9.3v0.9.2v0.9.1v0.9.0v0.8.9v0.8.7v0.8.0v0.7.0v0.6.0
2015.5.62015.8.1
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
before 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
0.16.0-10.16.4-20.17.1+dfsg-10.17.2-10.17.2-2
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0.17.2-30.17.4-10.17.4-20.17.5-10.17.5+ds-1
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions
0.16.0-10.16.4-20.17.1+dfsg-10.17.2-10.17.2-2
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0.17.2-30.17.4-10.17.4-20.17.5-10.17.5+ds-1
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, plus listed versions
2015.5.3+ds-12015.8.1+ds-22015.8.3+ds-12015.8.3+ds-22015.8.3+ds-3
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2015.8.5+ds-12015.8.7+ds-12015.8.8+ds-12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

History

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

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-6941 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Saltstack Salt 2015, published August 9, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.83%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in salt 2015.5.6.

References

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