CVE-2020-28243

CWE-77 — Command InjectionCWE-78 — OS Command Injection8 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Saltstack SaltDebian Debian LinuxFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateAug 8

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDsaltstack/salt2015.8.11 — 2015.8.13+14
▶PyPIsalt2015.8.11 — 2015.8.13+22

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0, Fedora 32, 33, 34

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
OSV
salt vulnerabilities↗2024-08-08
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OSV
SaltStack Salt command injection via a crafted process name↗2022-05-24
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GHSA
SaltStack Salt command injection via a crafted process name↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2020-28243: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002↗2021-02-27
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CVEList
CVE-2020-28243: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002↗2021-02-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Salt vulnerabilities↗2024-08-08
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Red Hat
salt: Privilege escalation on a minion when an unprivileged user is able to create files in any non-blacklisted directory↗2021-02-25
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