Bug 2246981 (CVE-2023-34049)

Summary: CVE-2023-34049 salt: allows an attacker to force Salt-SSH to run their script
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact:
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedKeywords: Security
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On: 2246982    
Bug Blocks:    

Description Avinash Hanwate 2023-10-30 10:17:36 UTC 
The Salt-SSH pre-flight option copies the script to the target at a predictable path, which allows an attacker to force Salt-SSH to run their script.

https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2023-10-27-advisory/index.html
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2023-10-30 10:17:54 UTC 
Created salt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2246982]