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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 15.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-01-17 01:16Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 68e5ebd7cf6a03994f1acbaceebd5703b24dd68bc61862878ab4ea684379e5a7
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master
- docs.saltstack.comhttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fix
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0357http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4676https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4459-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- salt Fixed in 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- salt Fixed in 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- salt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.