CVE-2017-12791

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-08-23 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 18:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-08-10

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c264ea49fde22745b86bbb5773d7417ff808b89b670648c6cdee5a4d992484b9

• github.comhttps://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/42944x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=872399x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com100384http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100384vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1482006x_refsource_MISC
• docs.saltstack.comhttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.1.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• docs.saltstack.comhttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.11/topics/releases/2016.11.7.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM