High
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-5200
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:CVE-2017-5200
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:53.708759812Z",
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"references": [
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