CVE-2023-20897 json
Salt vulnerable to denial of service
published 2023-09-05 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-vpjg-wmf8-29h9 , PYSEC-2023-166 , EUVD-2023-0230
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.2%
- EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.
Patch / fix
- pypi salt 3005.2, 3006.2
- saltstack salt 3005.2, 3006.2
- release-notes-susemanager Manager Server 4.3 4.3.8-150400.3.77.1
- release-notes-susemanager-proxy Manager Proxy 4.3 4.3.8-150400.3.61.2
- venv-salt-minion Manager Client Tools for RHEL, Liberty and Clones 9-CLIENT-TOOLS, EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 3006.0-1.24.1
- saltbundlepy EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 3.10.10-1.9.1
- saltbundle-zeromq EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 4.2.3-1.6.2
- saltbundlepy-cffi EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 1.15.1-1.6.1
- saltbundlepy-core EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 3.10.10-1.9.1
- saltbundlepy-kiwi EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 9.24.43-1.9.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:3885-1SUSE-EL-9-CLIENT-TOOLS-2023-3884SUSE-SU-2023:3884-1SUSE-SU-2023:3877-1SUSE-SU-2023:3876-1SUSE-SU-2023:3866-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2023-20897 updated cvss 5.3
salt: DOS in minion return
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | salt | <3005.2 >=3006.0rc1, <3006.2 >=3006.0, <3006.2 |
3005.2 3006.2 |
Affected products
- n/a Salt
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
References
-
saltproject.io
/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/
vendor-advisory, advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20897
advisory
-
github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2023-166.yaml
web
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github.com
/saltstack/salt
package
-
lists.fedoraproject.org
/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL
web
-
saltproject.io
/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory
web
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-vpjg-wmf8-29h9
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-20897
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vpjg-wmf8-29h9
- NVD CVE-2023-20897
- OSV PYSEC-2023-166
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