CVE-2019-18897

Local privilege escalation from user salt to root

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 2, 2020 at 03:20 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:25 AM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsLeapLinux Enterprise ServerFactory

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

salt-master ≤ v ≤ 2019.2.0-46.83.1salt-master ≤ v ≤ 2019.2.0-6.21.11215salt-master
salt-master ≤ v ≤ 2019.2.2-3.1salt-master

Remediation

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References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken LinkMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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