Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.
CVSS Score
HIGH
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Saltstack | Salt | < 2015.8.10 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | 32 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-Vendor Advisory
- https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243/ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/stealthcopter/CVE-2020-28243ExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproMailing ListThird Party Advisory
FAQ
What is CVE-2020-28243?
CVE-2020-28243 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any us...
How severe is CVE-2020-28243?
CVE-2020-28243 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2020-28243?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Saltstack Salt, Fedoraproject Fedora, Debian Debian Linux.