CVE-2020-25592

Description

In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 58.16% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory saltstack.com Vendor Advisory saltstack.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html release notes vendor advisory
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-25592?
CVE-2020-25592 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-25592?
To fix CVE-2020-25592, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-25592 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-25592 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~58% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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