CVE-2016-1866: Salt Improper Access Control

May 14, 2022 (updated October 21, 2024)

Salt 2015.8.x before 2015.8.4 does not properly handle clear messages on the minion, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by inserting packets into the minion-master data stream.

References

docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.4.html
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqh4-crjf-jjxx
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2016-23.yaml
github.com/saltstack/salt
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1866

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