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CVE-2019-17361

critical

Description

In SaltStack Salt through 2019.2.0, the salt-api NET API with the ssh client enabled is vulnerable to command injection. This allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the API endpoint to execute arbitrary code on the salt-api host.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fix

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-0176

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-01-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.15226