CVE-2023-20898

CVSS 3.1 Score 4.2 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Sep 5, 2023
Updated: Sep 14, 2023

Summary

CVE-2023-20898 is a vulnerability that affects Git Providers using Salt masters prior to version 3005.2 or 3006.2. This vulnerability allows Git Providers to read from the wrong environment due to the same cache directory base name, leading to potential data disclosure, wrongful executions, data corruption, and crashes. It impacts a wide range of affected products and has a risk score of 27. The CVE has been rated as MEDIUM severity with a base score of 4.2 according to the CVSS v3.1 metrics provided by [email protected]. The exploitability score is 1.1, and the attack vector is LOCAL with LOW privileges required and no user interaction needed. The integrity impact and confidentiality impact are both rated as LOW, while the availability impact is NONE.

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