Critical severity · published Oct 24, 2018
CVE-2018-15751
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)
9.8
CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Salt · Saltstack
before 2017.7.8; 2018.3.0 before 2018.3.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15751
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15751
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
Release Notes
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html
Release Notes
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html
Release Notes
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ
Release Notes
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html
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