CVE-2023-34049 Affecting salt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-SALT-6041425
  • published4 Apr 2026
  • disclosed14 Nov 2024

Introduced: 14 Nov 2024

CVE-2023-34049  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 salt.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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. If an attacker has access to the target VM and knows the path to the pre-flight script before it runs they can ensure Salt-SSH runs their script with the privileges of the user running Salt-SSH. Do not make the copy path on the target predictable and ensure we check return codes of the scp command if the copy fails.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1