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title: "CVE-2017-5192\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-5192

Publication date 26 September 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**8.8 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5192?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

When using the local\_batch client from salt-api in SaltStack Salt before
2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2,
external authentication is not respected, enabling all authentication to be
bypassed.
The LocalClient.cmd\_batch() method client does not accept external\_auth
credentials and so access to it from salt-api has been removed for
now. This vulnerability allows code execution for already-authenticated
users and is only in effect when running salt-api as the root user.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| salt | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 21.10 impish | Not affected |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not affected |
| 20.10 groovy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not affected |
| 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Vulnerable |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

8.8 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 8.8 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5192)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5192)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-5192)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5192)

### Other references

* <https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5192>