Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2023
CVE-2023-20897
Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return
5.3
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Salt · Saltstack
before 3005.2; 3006.0 before 3006.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20897
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-20897
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/
Vendor Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/
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