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CVE-2018-15751
published 2018-10-24

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).

PriorityP268critical9.8CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
5.20%
91.4th percentile
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).

Affected

10 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
saltstacksalt< 2017.7.82017.7.8
saltstacksalt>= 0 < 2017.7.82017.7.8
saltstacksalt>= 0 < 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1
saltstacksalt>= 0 < 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.22017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
saltstacksalt>= 0 < 0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm10.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
saltstacksalt>= 0 < 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
saltstacksalt>= 2016.11.0 < 2016.11.102016.11.10
saltstacksalt>= 2017.7.0 < 2017.7.82017.7.8
saltstacksalt>= 2018.3.0 < 2018.3.32018.3.3
saltstacksalt>= 2018.3.0 < 2018.3.32018.3.3

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Target the salt-api (netapi) endpoint for authentication bypass attempts — remote attackers exploit this interface to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands
  • Monitor salt-api for unauthenticated requests that result in command execution on the salt-api host
  • ·Vulnerable versions are SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3; fixed in 2017.7.8, 2018.3.3, and 2019.2.0+
  • ·Fix confirmed available in Fedora as of Salt 2019.2.0
  • ·Upstream fix changelogs available at the SaltStack release notes for 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.2HIGH
vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu7.2HIGH
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