Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade salt | Sep 26, 2017 | Sep 26, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 26, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade salt | Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 26, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade salt-masterUpgrade salt-apiUpgrade salt-docUpgrade salt-minionUpgrade salt-zsh-completionUpgrade salt-sshUpgrade salt-bash-completionUpgrade salt-proxyUpgrade saltUpgrade salt-syndicUpgrade salt-cloud | Jun 16, 2017 | Jun 16, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Sep 26, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Sep 26, 2017 |
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