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CVE-2019-17361

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-17361 is a critical command injection vulnerability in SaltStack Salt versions through 2019.2.0, specifically impacting the salt-api NET API when the SSH client is enabled. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the salt-api host with network access to the API endpoint. Rated 9.8 CRITICAL, it has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2019.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1511 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 2019.2.3

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-q53j-p6r2-g2v4critical

SaltStack Salt is vulnerable to command injection

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2019-17361Important

salt: salt-api NET API with the ssh client enabled is vulnerable to command injection

Jan 16, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
docs.saltstack.com / en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / saltstack/salt/commits/master
PatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4459-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4676
Third Party Advisory