Security advisory

{
  "id": "d133faaaa324db39de43ddf24095baa68b2e5502bc3c802ab07819cf4a9fd920",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15751",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-15751",
    "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).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-15751",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-15751",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-15751",
        "GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63",
        "PYSEC-2018-30"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "d520f9acc16ac5df744c08fe5153164876c1c9ee"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "e745639763fe0b7dd74492b6aac63c8504e00138"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ad0d83c6a8f335cc09c4ca21074378c12196d6e7"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2017.7.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2018.3.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2018.3.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v2017.7",
            "v2017.5",
            "v2018.3",
            "v2018.2",
            "v2017.7.0",
            "v2017.7.0rc1",
            "v2016.9",
            "v2016.11",
            "v2016.3",
            "v2015.8",
            "v2015.5",
            "v2015.2",
            "v2014.7",
            "v2014.1",
            "v0.17",
            "v0.16",
            "v0.15.0",
            "v0.14.0",
            "v0.13.0",
            "v0.12.0",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.5",
            "v0.10.4",
            "v0.10.3",
            "v0.10.2",
            "v0.10.1",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.9.9",
            "v0.9.3",
            "v0.9.2",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.9",
            "v0.8.7",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-15751.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:20.054719498Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html",
        "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html",
        "https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ",
        "https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-15751",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430171,
  "published_at": "2018-10-24T22:29:00.76+00:00"
}