CVE-2019-18897

A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the packaging of salt of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15; openSUSE Factory allows local attackers to escalate privileges from user salt to root. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 salt-master version 2019.2.0-46.83.1 and prior versions. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 salt-master version 2019.2.0-6.21.1 and prior versions. openSUSE Factory salt-master version 2019.2.2-3.1 and prior versions.

• CWE-59
• CWE-59

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00026.htmlBroken Link, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157465Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Published

Mar 2, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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