CVE-2018-15751

SaltStack Salt before 2017.7.8 and 2018.3.x before 2018.3.3 allow remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands via salt-api(netapi).

Published: 2018-10-24 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-15751 is rated Moderate Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.62%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-15751

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-10 0.66% 0.62% -0.03%
2 2025-11-21 1.14% 0.66% -0.48%
3 2025-11-18 — 1.14% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-15751

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-15751

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-15751

GHSA-x549-r7m8-gv63 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Salt Remote command execution and incorrect access control when using salt-api

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-15751

vendor priority summary link
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15751
suse medium CVE-2018-15751 severity moderate: SUSE including 438 source package names (1.4.2:python3-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1, 2.5.3-61.1:python3-distro-1.5.0-3.5.1, …), 1217 product×package rows across 286 product lines (Container caasp/v4/389-ds, Container caasp/v4/salt-api, … (286 product lines)): Fixed 643, Known Not Affected 343, Known Affected 231. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15751/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-15751 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, ignored 3, not-affected 2, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15751

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-15751

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt < 2017.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt >= 2018.3.0, < 2018.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-15751

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