An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. When configured as a Master-of-Masters, with a publisher_acl, if a user configured in the publisher_acl targets any minion connected to the Syndic, the Salt Master incorrectly interpreted no valid targets as valid, allowing configured users to target any of the minions connected to the syndic with their configured commands. This requires a syndic master combined with publisher_acl configured on the Master-of-Masters, allowing users specified in the publisher_acl to bypass permissions, publishing authorized commands to any configured minion.

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs. File server replies can also be re-played. A sufficient craft attacker could gain root access on minion under certain scenarios.

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. A minion authentication denial of service can cause a MiTM attacker to force a minion process to stop by impersonating a master.

CVE-2024-38824 salt advisory

Directory traversal vulnerability in recv_file method allows arbitrary files to be written to the master cache directory.

salt: salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.

salt: salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

salt: sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2. PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts, which allows a previously authorized user whose account is locked still run Salt commands when their account is locked. This affects both local shell accounts with an active session and salt-api users that authenticate via PAM eauth.

salt: Information leak from state.sls cache data stored as world-readable

The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

salt: win_useradd module and salt-cloud display passwords in debug log

win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak password information in debug logs.

salt: git module leaks authentication details into log

salt before 2015.5.5 leaks git usernames and passwords to the log.

salt: Certificates are not verified when connecting to server with certain modules

Salt before 2014.7.6 does not verify certificates when connecting via the aliyun, proxmox, and splunk modules.

salt: insecure /tmp file handling in salt/modules/chef.py

modules/chef.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.

salt: Salt-api allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client

Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.

salt: Directory traversal vulnerability on salt-master via crafted minion IDs

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.1 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID.

salt: insecure /tmp file handling in salt/modules/serverdensity_device.py

modules/serverdensity_device.py in SaltStack before 2014.7.4 does not properly handle files in /tmp.

salt: Vulnerable caching provides access to private pillar data

Salt before 2015.8.11 allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id, related to caching.

salt: Directory traversal in minion id validation

Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote minions with incorrect credentials to authenticate to a master via a crafted minion ID. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12791.

salt: Remote DoS via crafted authentication request

SaltStack Salt before 2016.3.8, 2016.11.x before 2016.11.8, and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted authentication request.

salt: insecure configuration of PAM external authentication service

Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.