CVE-2017-5200 SaltStack Salt arbitrary command execution in Salt-api via ssh_client

What is CVE-2017-5200?

CVE-2017-5200 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, published on 26 Sep 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5200?

7 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt. It affects 1 product.

Products include Saltstack Salt.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5200?

Upgrade salt to a fixed version for your release line: 2015.8.13, 2016.3.5 or 2016.11.2.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2017-5200 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5200 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Saltstack Salt

• CVE-2013-4437 SaltStack insecurely uses /tmp Critical 10.0
• CVE-2013-6617 SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability Critical 10.0
• CVE-2021-33226 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25315 salt-api unauthenticated remote code execution Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-15751 SaltStack Salt Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api Critical 9.8

All Saltstack Salt vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8r7r-x48r-pf8f, PYSEC-2017-39, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5200.