CVE-2018-15751

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

9.8

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).

CVSS v3: 9.8
EG Score: 9.8(medium)
EPSS: 68.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

October 24, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
cve@mitrehttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html
cve@mitrehttps://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html
cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ
cve@mitrehttps://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ
cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html
cve@mitrehttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.saltstack.com/en/2017.7/topics/releases/2017.7.8.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2018.3.3.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/L9xqcJ0UXxs/qgDj42obBQAJ
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://groups.google.com/d/msg/salt-users/dimVF7rpphY/jn3Xv3MbBQAJ
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00024.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / Ecosystem	Fixed in / Patch	Released	Source
ubuntu	salt-syndic (2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1) @ xenial	2026-05-28	ubuntu
ubuntu	salt-cloud (2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1) @ xenial	2026-05-28	ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)

PyPI(1)

Package	Vulnerable range	Fixed in	Dependents
salt	0.10.0 ... 2018.3.2 (147 versions)	2017.7.8	—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

All Vendor Advisories

(2)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-28 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-28 01:42 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-15751?

CVE-2018-15751 is a critical vulnerability published on October 24, 2018. 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).

When was CVE-2018-15751 disclosed?

CVE-2018-15751 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 24, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2018-15751 actively exploited?

CVE-2018-15751 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 68.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-15751?

CVE-2018-15751 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2018-15751?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-15751, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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