CVE-2019-17361
In SaltStack Salt through 2019.2.0, the salt-api NET API with the ssh client enabled is vulnerable to command injection.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 15.16% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- saltstack/salt · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 15.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fixRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/masterPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fixRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/masterPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.