SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allow remote attackers to…
Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via salt-api(netapi).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04997 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed salt (PyPI): 2017.7.8, 2018.3.3, 2016.11.10
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2017.7.0 to before 2017.7.8 | 2017.7.8 | Patch available | GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2018.3.0 to before 2018.3.3 | 2018.3.3 | Patch available | GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2016.11.0 to before 2016.11.10 | 2016.11.10 | Patch available | GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2017.7.0 to before 2017.7.8 Fixed in 2017.7.8 Patch available GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2018.3.0 to before 2018.3.3 Fixed in 2018.3.3 Patch available GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2016.11.0 to before 2016.11.10 Fixed in 2016.11.10 Patch available GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2017.7.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2018.3.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2016.11.10 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Critical. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
- Red Hat Storage 3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-15751
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63
References
Advisory 7
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html
- [salt-users] 20181024 2018.3.3 Released - Security Advisory
- [salt-users] 20181024 2017.7.8 Released - Security Advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1074
- USN-4459-1
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15751
Other 7
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200728 [SECURITY] [DLA 2294-1] salt security update
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2018-30.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2016.11.10.rst#L13
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2017.7.8.rst#L26
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2018.3.3.rst#L56
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1
More SaltStack Salt vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-12851 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09349 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-07530 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09350 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-07531 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-12769 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-15751 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-15751 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-15751 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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