{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5192","details":"When using the local_batch client from salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2, external authentication is not respected, enabling all authentication to be bypassed. The LocalClient.cmd_batch() method client does not accept external_auth credentials and so access to it from salt-api has been removed for now. This vulnerability allows code execution for already-authenticated users and is only in effect when running salt-api as the root user.","modified":"2026-04-08T13:34:34.102694Z","published":"2017-09-26T14:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-5192"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5192"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5192"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.16.0-1","0.16.4-2","0.17.1+dfsg-1","0.17.2-1","0.17.2-2","0.17.2-3","0.17.4-1","0.17.4-2","0.17.5-1","0.17.5+ds-1","0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2","0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4","0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"salt-common","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-master","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-minion","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-ssh","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"},{"binary_name":"salt-syndic","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5192.json"}},{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2015.5.3+ds-1","2015.8.1+ds-2","2015.8.3+ds-1","2015.8.3+ds-2","2015.8.3+ds-3","2015.8.5+ds-1","2015.8.7+ds-1","2015.8.8+ds-1","2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1","2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1","2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"salt-api","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"salt-cloud","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"salt-common","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"salt-master","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"salt-minion","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"salt-proxy","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"salt-ssh","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"},{"binary_name":"salt-syndic","binary_version":"2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5192.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}