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Vulnerability details: VCID-u34q-665s-ufda
Vulnerability ID VCID-u34q-665s-ufda
Aliases CVE-2015-4017
GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4
PYSEC-2017-31
Summary Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00158 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4017
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222960
generic_textual HIGH https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222960
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.6.html
generic_textual HIGH https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.6.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-31.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-31.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/saltstack/salt
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/saltstack/salt
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c
generic_textual HIGH https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4017
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4017
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/2
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/2
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-4017
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222960
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.6.html
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-31.yaml
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/2
CVE-2015-4017 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4017
GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j9g-c9rp-jvg4
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222960
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2014.7.6.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-31.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/saltstack/salt
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/salt-users/8Kv1bytGD6c
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4017
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/2
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.36344
EPSS Score 0.00158
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:17:19.549003+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-31.yaml 38.6.0