GHSA-mfr3-9cj8-h2qm CVE-2014-3563 PYSEC-2014-18
SaltStack Salt Insecure Temporary File Creation
- Severity
- High
- The publisher's own rating, not a CVSS score
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.41%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 35.02% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
- Fix
2014.1.10- Upgrade salt to this version or later
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Salt (aka SaltStack) before 2014.1.10 allow local users to have an unspecified impact via vectors related to temporary file creation in (1) seed.py, (2) salt-ssh, or (3) salt-cloud.
Affected versions
PyPI
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| salt | < 2014.1.10 |
2014.1.10 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
salt PyPI → 2014.1.10
- pip
pip install --upgrade "salt>=2014.1.10"- poetry
poetry add "salt>=2014.1.10"- uv
uv add "salt>=2014.1.10"
Weakness
CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system. Denying access to a file can prevent an attacker from replacing that file with a link to a sensitive file. Ensure good compartmentalization in the system to provide protected areas that can be trusted.
References
Advisories
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Other links
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-16846 SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client | Critical Known exploited | Also affects salt |
| CVE-2020-11652 SaltStack Salt is vulnerable Arbitrary Directory Access | High Known exploited | Also affects salt |
| CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution | Critical Known exploited | Also affects salt |
| GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation | Medium | Also affects salt |
| GHSA-77w2-v593-vxvv Salt junos Module Vulnerable to Code Injection via Specially Crafted YAML Payload | High | Also affects salt |
| GHSA-8pcp-r83j-fc92 Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in file receiving method | High | Also affects salt |
| GHSA-989c-m532-p2hv Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation | Medium | Also affects salt |
| GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw Salt's file contents overwrite the VirtKey class | Medium | Also affects salt |
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