CVE-2023-20897
MEDIUMSaltStack Salt < 3005.2 - Denial of Service via Minion Return Request Handling
Title source: llmDescription
Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/OMWJIHQZXHK6FH2E3IWAZCYIRI7FLVOL/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0103
EPSS Percentile
59.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-404
Status
published
Products (2)
pypi/salt
0 - 3005.2PyPI
saltstack/salt
< 3005.2
Published
Sep 05, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026