RCE in Saltstack Salt
CVE-2019-17361
In SaltStack Salt through 2019.2.0, the salt-api NET API with the ssh client enabled is vulnerable to command injection. This allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the API endpoint to execute arbitrary code on the salt-api host.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.152 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.152 · newest: 0.152 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Saltstack Salt
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-17361?
- CVE-2019-17361 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-17.
- How severe is CVE-2019-17361?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-17361 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.