CVE-2023-20898 json
Salt can cause Git Providers to get wrong data
published 2023-09-05 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-qvh6-3j7x-3hq7 , PYSEC-2023-169 , EUVD-2023-0231
- cvss
- 4.2
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
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-2023-20898 updated cvss 4.2
salt: Git Providers can read from the wrong environment
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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
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
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
References
-
saltproject.io
/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/
mitigation, vendor-advisory, advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20898
advisory
-
github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2023-169.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-qvh6-3j7x-3hq7
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-20898
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qvh6-3j7x-3hq7
- NVD CVE-2023-20898
- OSV PYSEC-2023-169
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