CVE-2023-20897

MEDIUM EPSS 59.5%
Published Sep 5, 20232y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.3 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 5, 2023 2y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.3
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
1.4
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
59.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-404

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
saltstacksalt* <3005.2
saltstacksalt*≥3006.0  –  <3006.2

References 2

  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/
  • saltproject.io https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-08-10-advisory/
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.