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.
{
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-340"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-11-14T18:06:53Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-14T05:15:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
}