Alpine: multiple salt packages: security update to 3002-r1

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407043

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with
the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection. (CVE-2020-16846)

- The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.
(CVE-2020-17490)

- In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can
bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH. (CVE-2020-25592)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 407043

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25592

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2020

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SaltStack Salt REST API Arbitrary Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16846, CVE-2020-17490, CVE-2020-25592

IAVA: 2020-A-0195-S

Detections

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