# CVE-2015-6941: win\_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in de

- Also known as: PYSEC-2017-71, GHSA-CXM4-7QCW-267R
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2015.5.6, 2015.8.1
- Published: 2017-08-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- salt (PyPI): from 2015.5, fixed in 2015.5.6; from 2015.8, fixed in 2015.8.1
- salt (PyPI): from 2015.5, fixed in 2015.5.6
- salt (PyPI): from 2015.8, fixed in 2015.8.1

## Description

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, salt, upgrade to a fixed version (2015.5.6, 2015.8.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.6.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.1.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273066
- https://github.com/twangboy/salt/commit/c0689e32154c41f59840ae10ffc5fbfa30618710

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