CVE-2020-16846
CRITICALSaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client
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Blast Radius
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Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | salt | all versions | 2015.8.13 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2016.3.0&&< 2016.3.8 | 2016.3.8 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2016.11.0&&< 2016.11.10 | 2016.11.10 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2017.5.0&&< 2017.7.8 | 2017.7.8 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2018.2.0&&< 2018.3.5 | 2018.3.5 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2019.2.0&&< 2019.2.6 | 2019.2.6 |
Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted …
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted …
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted …
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