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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-15750

Directory Traversal vulnerability in salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allows remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server.

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CVE-2018-15750
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1 Nov 2026, 06:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-15750

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Oct 2018, 22:29 UTC

Directory Traversal vulnerability in salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allows remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server.

osv:CVE-2018-15750
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15750",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-15750",
    "summary": "Directory Traversal vulnerability in salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allows remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-15750",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-15750",
        "GHSA-jx34-pppm-gjvr",
        "PYSEC-2018-29"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
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                        "introduced": "2018.3.0"
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                        "fixed": "2018.3.3"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v2015.8",
            "v2015.5",
            "v2015.2",
            "v2014.7",
            "v2014.1",
            "v0.17",
            "v0.16",
            "v0.15.0",
            "v0.14.0",
            "v0.13.0",
            "v0.12.0",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.5",
            "v0.10.4",
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            "v0.9.9",
            "v0.9.3",
            "v0.9.2",
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            "v0.8.7",
            "v0.8.0",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-15750.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:39.926114604Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html",
        "https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ",
        "https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-15750",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 434781,
  "published_at": "2018-10-24T22:29:00.54+00:00"
}