An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-77Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-77.
Summary
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.04302 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial salt (PyPI): 2015.8.13, 2016.11.5, 2016.11.10 +5Red Hat: 1 without a fix
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) | before 2015.8.13 | 2015.8.13 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2016.3.0 to before 2016.11.5 | 2016.11.5 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2016.11.7 to before 2016.11.10 | 2016.11.10 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2017.5.0 to before 2017.7.8 | 2017.7.8 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2018.2.0 – 2018.3.5 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 2019.2.0 to before 2019.2.8 | 2019.2.8 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3000 to before 3000.7 | 3000.7 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3001 to before 3001.5 | 3001.5 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3002 to before 3002.3 | 3002.3 | Patch available | GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2015.8.13 Fixed in 2015.8.13 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2016.3.0 to before 2016.11.5 Fixed in 2016.11.5 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2016.11.7 to before 2016.11.10 Fixed in 2016.11.10 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2017.5.0 to before 2017.7.8 Fixed in 2017.7.8 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2018.2.0 – 2018.3.5 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2019.2.0 to before 2019.2.8 Fixed in 2019.2.8 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3000 to before 3000.7 Fixed in 3000.7 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3001 to before 3001.5 Fixed in 3001.5 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3002 to before 3002.3 Fixed in 3002.3 Patch available GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 2015.8.10; 2015.8.11 to before 2015.8.13; 2016.3.0 to before 2016.3.4; 2016.3.5 to before 2016.3.6; 2016.3.7 to before 2016.3.8; 2016.3.9 to before 2016.11.3; 2016.11.4 to before 2016.11.5; 2016.11.7 to before 2016.11.10; 2017.5.0 to before 2017.7.8; 2018.2.0 – 2018.3.5; 2019.2.0 to before 2019.2.5; 2019.2.6 to before 2019.2.8; 3000 to before 3000.6; 3001 to before 3001.4; 3002 to before 3002.5 | Vulnerable | SaltStack |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 32 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 33 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 34 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 9.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 11.0 | Vulnerable | Debian |
- cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2015.8.10; 2015.8.11 to before 2015.8.13; 2016.3.0 to before 2016.3.4; 2016.3.5 to before 2016.3.6; 2016.3.7 to before 2016.3.8; 2016.3.9 to before 2016.11.3; 2016.11.4 to before 2016.11.5; 2016.11.7 to before 2016.11.10; 2017.5.0 to before 2017.7.8; 2018.2.0 – 2018.3.5; 2019.2.0 to before 2019.2.5; 2019.2.6 to before 2019.2.8; 3000 to before 3000.6; 3001 to before 3001.4; 3002 to before 3002.5 Vulnerable ·SaltStack
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2015.8.13 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2016.11.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2016.11.10 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2017.7.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 2019.2.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3000.7 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3001.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3002.3 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-28243
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75
References
Exploit 2
Advisory 10
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- FEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0c
- FEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6
- FEDORA-2021-43eb5584ad
- GLSA-202103-01
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security update
- DSA-5011
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220103 [SECURITY] [DLA 2480-2] salt regression update
- GLSA-202310-22
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28243
Other 13
- https://sec.stealthcopter.com/cve-2020-28243
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.3.rst#L12
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.5.rst#L12
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.7.rst#L12
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-73.yaml
Sources
- CVE-2020-28243 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-28243 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-phhw-3wc9-8q75 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2020-28243 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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