The salt-ssh minion code in SaltStack Salt 2016.11 before 2016.11.4 copied over configuration from the Salt Master without adjusting permissions, which might leak credentials to local attackers on configured minions (clients).
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98095
bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035912
docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.4.html
github.com/saltstack/salt
github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/40075
github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609
github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/40609/commits/6e34c2b5e5e849302af7ccd00509929c3809c658
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8109