CVE-2023-20898 Salt can cause Git Providers to get wrong data
Git Providers in Salt masters may read from the wrong environment due to cache directory collisions, leading to data disclosure or corruption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-20898?
CVE-2023-20898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, published on 5 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Git Providers can read from the wrong environment because they get the same cache directory base name in Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2. Anything that uses Git Providers with different environments can get garbage data or the wrong data, which can lead to wrongful data disclosure, wrongful executions, data corruption and/or crash.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-20898?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
salt PyPI | All versions | 3005.2 |
salt PyPI | All versions | 3005.2 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0 | 3006.2, 3005.2 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.2 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.2 |
Products include Saltstack Salt.
How do I fix CVE-2023-20898?
Upgrade salt to a fixed version for your release line: 3005.2 or 3006.2.
Is CVE-2023-20898 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-20898 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Saltstack Salt
- CVE-2013-4437 SaltStack insecurely uses /tmp
- CVE-2013-6617 SaltStack Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2021-33226 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2021-25315 salt-api unauthenticated remote code execution
- CVE-2018-15751 SaltStack Salt Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvh6-3j7x-3hq7, PYSEC-2023-169, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-20898.