Is CVE-2023-20898 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-20898 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-20898?

CVE-2023-20898 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.2 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-20898?

CVE-2023-20898 has an EPSS score of 0.29% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-20898?

Upgrade salt to 3006.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-20898

MEDIUM

4.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Git Providers can read from the wrong environment because they get the same cache directory base name in Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2. Anything that uses Git Providers with different environments can get garbage data or the wrong data, which can lead to wrongful data disclosure, wrongful executions, data corruption and/or crash.

How to fix

Remediation Available

saltNVD

Affected:>= 3006.0, < 3006.2Fixed in:3006.2CVE-2023-20898derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

saltproject.io

Other references1

lists.fedoraproject.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-02-13.