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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2019-17361

CVE-2019-17361

CRITICAL9.8

In SaltStack Salt through 2019

Published Jan 17, 2020

Modified 1 years ago

Details

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fix

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17361

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

9.8/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 17, 2020

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2019-17361 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence