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CVE-2020-11651 KEV EXPLOIT

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 96.6% (pctl 100)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS96.61% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVyes — remediate by 2022-05-03
Public exploityes
Published2020-04-30
Last modified2026-06-17

CISA KEV

NameSaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Added2021-11-03
Due2022-05-03
Vendor / productSaltStack / Salt
Ransomware usenone reported

Affected (5)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
opensuseleap
saltstacksalt
vmwareapplication remote collector

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbSaltstack 3000.1 - Remote Code Execution2020-05-05

References

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