Improper Authentication in Salt - CVE-2017-5192

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Improper Authentication in Salt - CVE-2017-5192

Published: September 26, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32162
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5192
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

When using the local_batch client from salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2, external authentication is not respected, enabling all authentication to be bypassed.


Affected software

Salt
Arch Linux
salt (Alpine package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5192

Install update from vendor's website.

Salt - addressed in versions 2015.8.13, 2016.3.5, 2016.11.2
salt (Alpine package) - update to 2016.11.2-r0

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