CVE-2015-8034 json
Salt uses weak permissions on the cache data
published 2017-01-30 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247 , PYSEC-2017-32 , EUVD-2017-0116
- cvss
- 3.3
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.
Patch / fix
- pypi salt 2015.8.3
- salt Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8034
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- salt Enterprise Storage 2.1, Enterprise Storage 1.0 2014.1.10-8.4
- salt Enterprise Storage 2 2014.1.10-6.4
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1896-1SUSE-SU-2016:1895-1SUSE-SU-2016:1897-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8034 updated cvss 4.0
salt: Information leak from state.sls cache data stored as world-readable
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Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.2 salt, calamari-server Red Hat Ceph Storage 1.3 salt, calamari-serveraffected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 3.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | salt | <2015.8.3 |
2015.8.3 |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
-
docs.saltstack.com
/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.3.html
web, release-notes, vendor-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/96390
vdb-entry, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8034
advisory
-
github.com
/saltstack/salt/issues/28455
web
-
github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-32.yaml
web
-
github.com
/saltstack/salt
package
-
web.archive.org
/web/20200227192308/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96390
web
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-8034
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247
- NVD CVE-2015-8034
- OSV PYSEC-2017-32
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