An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Feb 27, 2021 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade salt | Nov 29, 2021 | Feb 27, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade py39-saltUpgrade py38-saltUpgrade py36-saltUpgrade py36-salt-2019Upgrade py37-saltUpgrade py37-salt-2019Upgrade py38-salt-2019 | Mar 4, 2021 | Mar 3, 2021 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-admin/salt. | Apr 1, 2021 | Feb 27, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade salt-bash-completionUpgrade salt-sshUpgrade salt-docUpgrade python3-saltUpgrade python2-saltUpgrade salt-masterUpgrade salt-proxyUpgrade salt-fish-completionUpgrade salt-zsh-completionUpgrade saltUpgrade salt-cloudUpgrade salt-minionUpgrade salt-syndicUpgrade salt-apiUpgrade salt-standalone-formulas-configuration | Feb 27, 2021 | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade salt-common (Ubuntu Pro) | Aug 9, 2024 | Feb 27, 2021 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Feb 27, 2021 |
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