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TI-2019-13621 Aliases CVE-2019-18897GHSA-p48p-8wh6-cj6f

Local privilege escalation from user salt to root

Priority LOW 37CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00386 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12salt-master – 2019.2.0-46.83.1—No fix listedCNA
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15salt-master – 2019.2.0-6.21.1—No fix listedCNA
openSUSEFactorysalt-master – 2019.2.2-3.1—No fix listedCNA
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 VendorSUSE Affected salt-master – 2019.2.0-46.83.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 VendorSUSE Affected salt-master – 2019.2.0-6.21.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • Factory VendoropenSUSE Affected salt-master – 2019.2.2-3.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15VulnerableSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*15.1VulnerableopenSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15 Vulnerable ·SUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Ceph Storage 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-18897
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p48p-8wh6-cj6f

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2016-02888 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-02923 Access control flaw in ProFTPD mod_copy allows arbitrary file access KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2015-02278 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45, and Java SE Embedded… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05975 GNU Bash through 4.3 bash43-025 processes trailing strings after certain malformed… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-05157 GNU Bash through 4.3 processes trailing strings after function definitions in the values… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-02212 Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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