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CVE-2015-6941

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2017-08-09
Updated: 2025-04-20
AI Analysis

Description

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-534

Metadata

Primary Vendor
SALTSTACK
Published
8/9/2017
Last Modified
4/20/2025
Source
NIST NVD
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Affected Products

saltstack : salt_2015saltstack : salt_2015saltstack : salt_2015saltstack : salt_2015saltstack : salt_2015saltstack : salt_2015saltstack : salt_2015

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