CVE-2020-25592

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Description

In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.

References

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html

https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2020-11-06

Updated: 2021-07-21

Type: CWE-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:3001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (17 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
151732openSUSE 15 Security Update : salt (openSUSE-SU-2021:2106-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
151062openSUSE 15 Security Update : salt (openSUSE-SU-2021:0899-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
150580SUSE SLES11 Security Update : SUSE Manager Client Tools (SUSE-SU-2020:14538-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
146489SaltStack Unauthenticated RCE (direct check)NessusWeb Servers
critical
145319Debian DSA-4837-1 : salt - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
143874SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : salt (SUSE-SU-2020:3155-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
143761SUSE SLES15 Security Update : Salt (SUSE-SU-2020:3244-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
143632SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : salt (SUSE-SU-2020:3243-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
143512Debian DLA-2480-1 : salt security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
142856FreeBSD : salt -- multiple vulnerabilities (50259d8b-243e-11eb-8bae-b42e99975750)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical
142850GLSA-202011-13 : Salt: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
142620openSUSE Security Update : salt (openSUSE-2020-1868)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
142552Fedora 31 : salt (2020-9e040bd6dd)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
142549openSUSE Security Update : salt (openSUSE-2020-1833)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
142541Fedora 33 : salt (2020-5f08623da1)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
142519Fedora 32 : salt (2020-f9fa7892f2)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
critical
142489SaltStack < 3002 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusMisc.
critical