RULE(RULE ID:333692)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2021-06-23
Rule Name: SaltStack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-25592)
Severity:
CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software.
Affected OS: Windows, Linux, Others
Reference: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/index.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
Solutions
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.