Improper Authentication Affecting salt package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-SALT-9886781
- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed23 Mar 2016
Introduced: 23 Mar 2016
CVE-2016-3176 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 salt.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.
Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.