QID 375417

Date Published: 2021-03-25

QID 375417: SaltStack Salt Minion Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

SaltStack Salt is a software to automate the management and configuration of any infrastructure or application at scale.

The Salt Project has issued a secondary fix for a command injection vulnerability after the first attempt to patch the issue partially failed.

Affected Versions:
SaltStack Salt Minion versions prior to 3002.6
SaltStack Salt Minion versions prior to 3001.7
SaltStack Salt Minion versions prior to 3000.9
Note: Previous versions are also affected.

QID Detection Logic:
This authenticated QID detects vulnerable salt-minion versions by running the following command: salt-minion --versions-report

This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised upgrade to the latest version of SaltStack 3002.6, SaltStack 3001.7, SaltStack 3000.9 to remediate these vulnerabilities.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 375417

    CVE-2020-28243 | CVE-2020-28972 | CVE-2020-35662 | CVE-2021-25282 | CVE-2021-25284 |
    Software Advisories
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