PYSEC-2023-166

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    PYSEC-2023-166

    Published: 5 Sept 2023Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.

    References: https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vpjg-wmf8-29h9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: salt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/salt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 3006.0
    Fixed -3006.2

    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-2023-166 | CVE-DB