CVE-2018-15751
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via salt-api(netapi).
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.24% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-10-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| saltstack | salt |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
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