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-…
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.151 (96.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Saltstack Salt
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, 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.