salt: Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api
Published Oct 24, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 5.24%
Description
SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via salt-api(netapi).
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Ceph Storage 2
salt
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10
heketi
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
atomic-openshift
Not affected
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11
cluster-autoscaler
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 3
heketi
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 | salt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.10 | heketi | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | atomic-openshift | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | cluster-autoscaler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | heketi | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.24% (0.05241) | 92.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.20% (0.05199) | 91.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.87% (0.00874) | 73.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.85% (0.03850) | 80.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.87% (0.00874) | 73.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.09% (0.02093) | 88.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | 2.94% (0.02938) | 90.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 18, 2023 | 2.83% (0.02833) | 89.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 2.48% (0.02476) | 88.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.77% (0.01769) | 86.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 3.61% (0.03608) | 68.43th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 3.61% (0.03608) | 68.13th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 3.61% (0.03608) | 82.12th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 3.61% (0.03608) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (16)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15751 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1644489 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2018-30.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2016.11.10.rst#L13
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2017.7.8.rst#L26
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2018.3.3.rst#L56
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15751
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15751
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