{"id":"USN-7181-1","summary":"salt vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled web requests when the SSH\nclient was enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to achieve\nremote code execution or obtain sensitive information.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:46:27Z","published":"2025-01-06T13:09:46Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16846"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-16846","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16846"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7181-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16846"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"salt-common","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_name":"salt-master","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_name":"salt-minion","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_name":"salt-ssh","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4"},{"binary_name":"salt-syndic","binary_version":"0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7181-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"high","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2020-16846"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}