module
SaltStack Salt REST API Arbitrary Command Execution
| Disclosed |
|---|
| Nov 3, 2020 |
Disclosed
Nov 3, 2020
Description
This module exploits an authentication bypass and command injection in
SaltStack Salt's REST API to execute commands as the root user.
The following versions have received a patch: 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13,
2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.6, 2016.11.10,
2017.7.4, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.5, 2019.2.5, 2019.2.6, 3000.3, 3000.4,
3001.1, 3001.2, and 3002.
Tested against 2019.2.3 from Vulhub and 3002 on Ubuntu 20.04.1.
SaltStack Salt's REST API to execute commands as the root user.
The following versions have received a patch: 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13,
2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.6, 2016.11.10,
2017.7.4, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.5, 2019.2.5, 2019.2.6, 3000.3, 3000.4,
3001.1, 3001.2, and 3002.
Tested against 2019.2.3 from Vulhub and 3002 on Ubuntu 20.04.1.
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