PYSEC-2020-177

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    PYSEC-2020-177

    Published: 17 Jan 2020Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fix, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q53j-p6r2-g2v4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/salt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2019.2.1

    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
    PYSEC-2020-177 | CVE-DB