CVE-2023-20898

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 5, 2023 at 10:59 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSalt

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Git Providers can read from the wrong environment because they get the same cache directory base name in Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2. Anything that uses Git Providers with different environments can get garbage data or the wrong data, which can lead to wrongful data disclosure, wrongful executions, data corruption and/or crash.

Affected

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

v < 3005.23006.0 ≤ v < 3006.2
Affected range stops below 3005.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3006.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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