CVE-2020-8028 describes an Improper Access Control vulnerability in the salt configuration of various SUSE Manager products, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for SUSE Manager Server 4.1, SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0, SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0, SUSE Manager Server 3.2, and SUSE Manager Server 4.0. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) allows local users to escalate privileges to root on all systems managed by SUSE Manager, and potentially on the managing node itself. While the vulnerability is severe, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.17.0-3.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:salt-netapi-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 0.16.0-4.14.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:salt-netapi-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 0.17.0-4.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:salt-netapi-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.