Command injection in Salt - CVE-2017-5200

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12737

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5200

CWE-ID: CWE-77

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: SaltStack

Affected software:
Salt

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The weakness exists in a salt-master due to command injection via Salt's ssh_client. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary commands.

Update to versions 2015.8.13, 2016.3.5 or 2016.11.2.

• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html
• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html