USN-8153-1: Salt vulnerabilities
Publication date
7 April 2026
Overview
Several security issues were fixed in Salt.
Releases
Packages
- salt - Infrastructure management built on a dynamic communication bus
Details
Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache
data. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2015-8034)
Dylan Frese discovered that Salt incorrectly allowed users to specify PAM
service. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.
(CVE-2016-3176)
Zach Malone discovered that Salt did not properly handle permissions to cache
data. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive
information. (CVE-2015-8034)
Dylan Frese discovered that Salt incorrectly allowed users to specify PAM
service. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication.
(CVE-2016-3176)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | salt-common – 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 | ||
| salt-master – 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 | |||
| salt-minion – 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5 | |||
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