CVE-2018-15751 (GCVE-0-2018-15751)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-24 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:01
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Summary
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).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2018-10-24 00:00
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      "cve": "CVE-2018-15751",
      "id": "CVE-2018-15751",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:24:50Z",
      "product_status:known_affected": "394",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "551",
      "product_status:recommended": "1111",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2018-15751",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2018-15751.json",
      "version": "51"
    }
  }
}



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