CVE-2023-20898
Salt can cause Git Providers to get wrong data
4.2
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
Description
Git Providers can read from the wrong environment because they get the same cache directory base name in Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2. Anything that uses Git Providers with different environments can get garbage data or the wrong data, which can lead to wrongful data disclosure, wrongful executions, data corruption and/or crash.
How to fix CVE-2023-20898
To remediate CVE-2023-20898, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3005.2 or later
- —upgrade to 3006.2 or later
Is CVE-2023-20898 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3005.2
- >= 3006.0, < 3006.2, from 0, < 3005.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |