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CVE-2018-15750: SaltStack Salt Directory Traversal vulnerability in salt-api

May 13, 2022 (updated October 23, 2024)

Directory Traversal vulnerability in salt-api in SaltStack Salt 2016.11.x before 2016.11.10, 2017.7.x before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allows remote attackers to determine which files exist on the server.

References

  • docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html
  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-jx34-pppm-gjvr
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2018-29.yaml
  • github.com/saltstack/salt
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2016.11.10.rst
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2017.7.8.rst
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2018.3.3.rst
  • groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ
  • groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15750
  • usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2016.11.0 before 2016.11.10, all versions starting from 2017.7.0 before 2017.7.8, all versions starting from 2018.3.0 before 2018.3.3

Fixed versions

  • 2017.7.8
  • 2018.3.3
  • 2016.11.10

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2016.11.10, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.3 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

pypi/salt/CVE-2018-15750.yml

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