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HistoryMay 17, 2022 - 4:58 a.m.

SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability

2022-05-1704:58:31
GitHub Advisory Database
github.com
5
salt master
privilege escalation
remote attackers
security vulnerability
saltstack software

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

79.5%

The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected configurations

Vulners
Node
saltRange<0.17.1
VendorProductVersionCPE
*salt*cpe:2.3:a:*:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

AI Score

7.1

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

79.5%