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Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVE-2020-17490

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

The TLS module within some SaltStack Salt versions creates certificates with weak file permissions. It affects versions prior to 2019.2.6, from 3000 before 3000.4, from 3001 before 3001.2, and from 3002 before 3002.1.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published