6.7

CVE-2023-34049: Salt security advisory release - 2023-OCT-27

Deferred
AliasesSUSE-EL-9-CLIENT-TOOLS-2023-4757SUSE-SU-2023:4386-1SUSE-SU-2023:4387-1
Published 14-11-2024Last modified 14-11-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-34049 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) vulnerability in salt. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-11-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-11-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse73 products
  • python-simplejson&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • python-simplejson&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • python-simplejson&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • python-simplejson&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • python-simplejson&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
Opensuse8 products
  • python-simplejson&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • python-simplejson&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.5< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • python-simplejson&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • python-simplejson&distro=openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4< 3.17.2-150300.3.4.1
  • salt&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 3006.0-150400.8.49.2
PyPI1 product
  • salt< 3005.4 | ≥ 3006.0rc1, < 3006.4
Salt1 product
  • salt≥ 3005, < 3005.4 | ≥ 3004, < 3006.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • saltAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 84 products

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