{"cve":"CVE-2019-17361","nvd":{"published":"2020-01-17T02:15:11.493","modified":"2026-06-17T02:23:48.583","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.html","https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.3.html#security-fix","https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commits/master","https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/","https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","opensuse:leap","saltstack:salt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:01:01.339895972+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2019-17361","score":0.1516,"percentile":0.96745,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-q53j-p6r2-g2v4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-q53j-p6r2-g2v4","summary":"SaltStack Salt is vulnerable to command injection","modified":"2024-10-22T15:16:42.855212Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<2019.2.3"],"fixed":["2019.2.3"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2020-177","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-177","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:02:38.485784122Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<2019.2.1"],"fixed":["2019.2.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}