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SCA: security update for salt (GHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434925

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local
 users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file. (CVE-2015-8034)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 434925

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8034

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8034

BID: 96390

cwe: CWE-200