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CVE-2018-15751

salt: Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api

Published Modified CWE 287
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA, Red Hat, Photon OS. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

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).

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0salt2018.3.3-2.ph1
pip::GitHub Security Advisory pipsalt2017.7.8, 2018.3.3, 2016.11.10
alpine 3.8salt2018.3.3-r0
debian 9salt2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u5
ubuntu 16.04-ESMsalt2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
ubuntu 18.04salt2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
ubuntu 18.04-ESMsalt2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
ubuntu 19.04salt2018.3.4~git20180207+dfsg1-1
ubuntu 19.10salt2018.3.4~git20180207+dfsg1-1

References

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