CVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client
(updated )
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-qr38-h96j-2j3w
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2020-104.yaml
- github.com/saltstack/salt
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2019.2.6.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.4.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.2.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.1.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
- www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383
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