Salt 3000
Salt 3000
The Salt 3000 reached end of service life on Aug 31, 2021 — Salt no longer ships security patches or fixes for it. Our third-party support keeps it safe to run: 24/7 engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance.
24/7 engineers own your Salt 3000 incidents end to end.
Mitigation and patch-around guidance when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Controls evidence and documentation that keep auditors satisfied.
Specifications
- product
- salt
- release
- 3000
- product Label
- Salt
- release Label
- 3000
- codename
- lts
- latest Version
- 3000.9
- release Date
- 2020-02-01
- maintained
- source Url
- https://endoflife.date/salt
Lifecycle Dates
- End of Service Life
- Aug 31, 2021
- Last OEM Support
- Feb 28, 2021
OEM vs. 3rd Party Support
See how third-party support compares to the vendor contract for Salt 3000 — monitoring, break/fix, vulnerability work, operations and compliance, before and after EOSL.
| Feature | OEM Support | 3rd Party Support |
|---|---|---|
| Post-EOSL Support | ||
| Break/Fix Support | Until EOSL | |
| 24/7 Monitoring | ||
| Vulnerability Scanning & Remediation | ||
| Managed Operations | ||
| Procedure & Configuration Review | ||
| Compliance & Audit Documentation | Limited | |
| Discounted Migration to Other Platforms |
Why Choose 3rd Party Support for Salt 3000?
Vulnerability Remediation
Scanning, mitigation and patch-around guidance for Salt 3000 when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Compliance Maintenance
Procedure review, controls evidence and the documentation auditors ask for — maintained continuously, not scrambled at audit time.
24/7 Expert Support
Engineers who know this release monitor, manage and fix issues around the clock — break/fix to managed operations.
Salt 3000 Support: Frequently Asked Questions
Is the Salt 3000 still supported?
Salt ended support for the Salt 3000 on Aug 31, 2021 — no more patches or fixes from the vendor. Third-party support keeps it covered: our engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance for as long as you run it.
When is the Salt 3000 end of service life (EOSL) date?
Salt lists the end of service life for the Salt 3000 as Aug 31, 2021.
Can I keep using the Salt 3000 after its EOSL date?
Yes. EOSL means Salt stops issuing patches and support — the software itself keeps running. Third-party support covers it from there: issue management, security vulnerability remediation, and the compliance documentation auditors ask for, for as long as you choose to run it.
How much does third-party support for the Salt 3000 cost?
Typically 40-70% below the OEM maintenance renewal price. Exact pricing depends on quantity, service level and location — request a quote and we respond within 24 hours.
Known Vulnerabilities Affecting Salt 3000
23 published CVEs affect the Salt 3000, including 16 rated critical or high severity. Salt no longer ships security patches for this release — our engineers provide mitigation guidance, workarounds and hardening support.
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-33226 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Feb 17, 2023 | Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the func variable in salt/salt/modules/status.py file. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because an attacker cannot influence the eval input |
| CVE-2021-25315 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Mar 3, 2021 | CWE - CWE-287: Improper Authentication vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3; openSUSE Tumbleweed allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via salt without the need to specify valid credentials. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3 salt versions prior to 3002.2-3. openSUSE Tumbleweed salt version 3002.2-2.1 and prior versions. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3 salt versions prior to 3002.2-3. openSUSE Tumbleweed salt version 3002 |
| CVE-2021-3197 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Feb 27, 2021 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request. |
| CVE-2021-3148 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Feb 27, 2021 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API can result in salt.utils.thin.gen_thin() command injection because of different handling of single versus double quotes. This is related to salt/utils/thin.py. |
| CVE-2021-25283 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Feb 27, 2021 | An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The jinja renderer does not protect against server side template injection attacks. |
| CVE-2021-25281 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Feb 27, 2021 | An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-api does not honor eauth credentials for the wheel_async client. Thus, an attacker can remotely run any wheel modules on the master. |
| CVE-2020-25592 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Nov 6, 2020 | In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH. |
| CVE-2020-16846 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Nov 6, 2020 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection. |
| CVE-2020-11651 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Apr 30, 2020 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions. |
| CVE-2021-3144 | CRITICAL | 9.1 | Feb 27, 2021 | In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, eauth tokens can be used once after expiration. (They might be used to run command against the salt master or minions.) |
| CVE-2021-25282 | CRITICAL | 9.1 | Feb 27, 2021 | An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write method is vulnerable to directory traversal. |
| CVE-2022-22967 | HIGH | 8.8 | Jun 23, 2022 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2. PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts, which allows a previously authorized user whose account is locked still run Salt commands when their account is locked. This affects both local shell accounts with an active session and salt-api users that authenticate via PAM eauth. |
| CVE-2021-31607 | HIGH | 7.8 | Apr 23, 2021 | In SaltStack Salt 2016.9 through 3002.6, a command injection vulnerability exists in the snapper module that allows for local privilege escalation on a minion. The attack requires that a file is created with a pathname that is backed up by snapper, and that the master calls the snapper.diff function (which executes popen unsafely). |
| CVE-2020-28243 | HIGH | 7.8 | Feb 27, 2021 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory. |
| CVE-2021-21996 | HIGH | 7.5 | Sep 8, 2021 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. A user who has control of the source, and source_hash URLs can gain full file system access as root on a salt minion. |
| CVE-2020-35662 | HIGH | 7.4 | Feb 27, 2021 | In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated. |
| CVE-2020-11652 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Apr 30, 2020 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users. |
| CVE-2021-22004 | MEDIUM | 6.4 | Sep 8, 2021 | An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software. |
| CVE-2020-28972 | MEDIUM | 5.9 | Feb 27, 2021 | In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate. |
| CVE-2020-17490 | MEDIUM | 5.5 | Nov 6, 2020 | The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions. |
Showing the 20 most severe of 23 known CVEs.
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