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.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt | Saltstack | * | 2015.8.12 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.0 (including) | 2016.3.0 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.1 (including) | 2016.3.1 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.2 (including) | 2016.3.2 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.3 (including) | 2016.3.3 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.3.4 (including) | 2016.3.4 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.11.0 (including) | 2016.11.0 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.11.1 (including) | 2016.11.1 (including) |
| Salt | Saltstack | 2016.11.2 (including) | 2016.11.2 (including) |
| Salt | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Salt | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2015.8.13.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2016.3/topics/releases/2016.3.5.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2016.11.2.html