CVE-2019-17361
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 15.2% (pctl 97)
Patch early
EPSS 15.2% — above the 10% action threshold.
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 to execute arbitrary code on the salt-api host.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 15.23% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-01-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| opensuse | leap |
| saltstack | salt |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fix
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fix
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
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