CVE-2019-17361
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 17, 2020 at 01:16 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:23 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 15%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fixx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/masterVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77
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