CVE-2019-17361 — CRITICAL (9.8)

Q: How severe is CVE-2019-17361?

CVE-2019-17361 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2019-17361?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Saltstack Salt, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

Vulnerability 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 Score

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Saltstack	Salt	<= 2019.2.0
Debian	Debian Linux	9.0
Opensuse	Leap	15.1
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	16.04

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-77

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fixRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/masterPatchThird 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 ListThird Party Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fixRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/masterPatchThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676Third Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2019-17361?

CVE-2019-17361 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). 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...

How severe is CVE-2019-17361?

CVE-2019-17361 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Is there a patch for CVE-2019-17361?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Saltstack Salt, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.