8.8high

CVE-2017-5200

SaltStack Salt arbitrary command execution in Salt-api via ssh_client

Also known as GHSA-8r7r-x48r-pf8f, PYSEC-2017-39

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.2%
percentile 88%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pypisalt
<2015.8.13
>=2016.3.0, <2016.3.5
>=2016.11.0, <2016.11.2
>=2016.3, <2016.3.5
>=2016.11, <2016.11.2
2015.8.13
2016.3.5
2016.11.2

References

  • docs.saltstack.com /en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • docs.saltstack.com /en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • docs.saltstack.com /en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5200 · advisory
  • github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2017-39.yaml · web
  • github.com /saltstack/salt · package
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-8r7r-x48r-pf8f · advisory

Sources

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