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CVE-2023-34049: Salt security advisory release - 2023-OCT-27
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Description
The Salt-SSH pre-flight option copies the script to the target at a predictable path, which allows an attacker to force Salt-SSH to run their script. If an attacker has access to the target VM and knows the path to the pre-flight script before it runs they can ensure Salt-SSH runs their script with the privileges of the user running Salt-SSH. Do not make the copy path on the target predictable and ensure we check return codes of the scp command if the copy fails.
Affected products
- Salt Project Salt: from 3005 before 3005.4; from 3004 before 3006.4 — fixed in 3005.4, 3006.4
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Salt Project Salt 3005.4, 3006.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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