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CVE-2020-25592

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 6, 2020 at 07:31 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:06 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSalt

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 57%

Description

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

Affected

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

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
10.09.0
Salt· Saltstack
95%
v < 2015.8.102015.8.11 ≤ v < 2015.8.132016.11.0 ≤ v < 2016.11.32016.11.4 ≤ v < 2016.11.62016.11.7 ≤ v < 2016.11.102016.3.0 ≤ v < 2016.3.42016.3.5 ≤ v < 2016.3.62016.3.7 ≤ v < 2016.3.82017.5.0 ≤ v < 2017.7.42017.7.5 ≤ v < 2017.7.82018.2.0 ≤ v < 2018.3.52019.2.0 ≤ v < 2019.2.53000.0 ≤ v < 3000.33001
Affected range stops below 2015.8.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2015.8.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.11.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.11.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.3.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2017.7.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2017.7.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2018.3.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3000.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (8)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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