[UPDATE] [hoch] SaltStack Salt: Mehre Schwachstellen
Ein Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in SaltStack Salt ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2023-2428
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2023-405900.46% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 38% of all scored CVEs.
- Moderate exploitation riskCVE-2023-410401.0% 30-day exploitation probability. Patch within normal cadence, watch for KEV listing. Riskier than 60% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2023-40590 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
| CVE-2023-41040 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for SaltStack Salt
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] SaltStack Salt: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-13
- high[UPDATE] [high] SaltStack Salt: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-13
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-11651: SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
- criticalexploitedCVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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