
CVE catalog
CVE-2017-5200
Security update for Salt
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.23% · Oct 25, 2026
Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client. Users of Salt-API and salt-ssh could execute a command on the salt master via a hole when both systems were enabled.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.16.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.16.4-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.1+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.2-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.4-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.5+ds-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.5.3+ds-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.1+ds-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.3+ds-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.3+ds-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.3+ds-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.5+ds-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.7+ds-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.8+ds-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | salt | pro | 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 | vulnerable |
| Suse | salt | linux enterprise server 11 sp3-client-tools | 2016.11.4-42.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | linux enterprise server 11 sp4-client-tools | 2016.11.4-42.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | manager client tools 12 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | linux enterprise point of sale 12 sp2 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | manager proxy 3.0 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | manager server 3.0 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | enterprise storage 3 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | fixed |
| Suse | salt | enterprise storage 4 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suse | salt | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp3-client-tools | 2016.11.4-42.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1581-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4-client-tools | 2016.11.4-42.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1581-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | manager client tools 12 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | linux enterprise point of sale 12 sp2 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | manager proxy 3.0 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | manager server 3.0 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | enterprise storage 3 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | salt | rpm | enterprise storage 4 | 2016.11.4-45.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_1581-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1581-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1582-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5200]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-5200.json]
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