What is CVE-2015-6918?

CVE-2015-6918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt 2015, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2017-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2015-6918?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Saltstack Salt 2015

CVE-2015-6918

salt before 2015.5.5 leaks git usernames and passwords to the log.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-10-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (68.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Saltstack Salt 2015

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/28aa9b105804ff433d8f663b2f9b804f2b75495a (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6918?: CVE-2015-6918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt 2015, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2017-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2015-6918?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.