PYSEC-2020-177: salt fixed in 2019.2.1

PYSEC-2020-177 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.600000381469727 HIGH

Record from OSV · Published January 17, 2020

salt is fixed in 2019.2.1 (PyPI)

In SaltStack Salt through 2019.2.0, the salt-api NET API with the ssh client enabled is vulnerable to command injection. This allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the API endpoint to execute arbitrary code on the salt-api host.

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
salt	PyPI	2019.2.1

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

8.600000381469727

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
PyPI	salt	2014.7.0rc7, 0.14.0, 0

Timeline

Jan 17, 2020 CVE Published
May 18, 2026 Distribution Patch
May 18, 2026 Security Advisory

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln PYSEC-2020-177
vulnetix vdb fixes PYSEC-2020-177

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/PYSEC-2020-177/fixes/registry"

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