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CVE-2016-9639
Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.
Critical9.1EPSS 2.6%
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Description
Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- [oss-security] 20161125 CVE Request: salt confidentiality issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 94553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2015.8/ref/configuration/master.html#rotate-aes-key (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20161125 Re: CVE Request: salt confidentiality issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-hvmj-356c-gpf4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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