PYSEC-2019-119

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    PYSEC-2019-119

    Published: 18 Jul 2019Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SaltStack Salt 2018.3, 2019.2 is affected by: SQL Injection. The impact is: An attacker could escalate privileges on MySQL server deployed by cloud provider. It leads to RCE. The component is: The mysql.user_chpass function from the MySQL module for Salt. The attack vector is: specially crafted password string. The fixed version is: 2018.3.4.

    References: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/f22de0887cd7167887f113bf394244b74fb36b6b/salt/modules/mysql.py#L1534, https://github.com/ShantonRU/salt/commit/a46c86a987c78e74e87969d8d3b27094e6544b7a, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51462, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h8xp-h3jf-wv4v

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/salt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2018.3.4

    Affected versions

    0.10.0
    0.10.1
    0.10.2
    0.10.3
    0.10.4
    0.10.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High