CVE-2020-17490: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• SaltStack Salt: before 2015.8.10 (fixed in 2015.8.10); from 2015.8.11, before 2015.8.13 (fixed in 2015.8.13); from 2016.3.0, before 2016.3.4 (fixed in 2016.3.4); from 2016.3.5, before 2016.3.6 (fixed in 2016.3.6); from 2016.3.7, before 2016.3.8 (fixed in 2016.3.8); from 2016.11.0, before 2016.11.3 (fixed in 2016.11.3); …

Published 2020-11-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.