GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p
CRITICALSaltStack Salt Improper Authentication vulnerability
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Description
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-api does not honor eauth credentials for the wheel_async client. Thus, an attacker can remotely run any wheel modules on the master.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | salt | all versions | 2015.8.13 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2016.3.0&&< 2016.11.5 | 2016.11.5 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2016.11.7&&< 2016.11.10 | 2016.11.10 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2017.5.0&&< 2017.7.8 | 2017.7.8 |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2018.2.0 | No fix |
| 🐍PyPI | salt | ≥ 2019.2.0&&< 2019.2.8 | 2019.2.8 |
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 through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-ap…
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-ap…
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-ap…
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-ap…
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