VMware SaltStack (CVE-2020-16846): Unauthenticated shell injections on Salt API via SSH client
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(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/03/2020
11/12/2020
11/11/2020
05/03/2022
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- saltstack-upgrade-latest-version
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