CVE-2020-11652 KEV EXPLOIT
6.5
MEDIUM · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 86.2% (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 allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.5 (MEDIUM, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 86.18% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-05-03 |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2020-04-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due | 2022-05-03 |
| Vendor / product | SaltStack / Salt |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| blackberry | workspaces server |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| debian | debian linux |
| opensuse | leap |
| saltstack | salt |
| vmware | application remote collector |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Saltstack 3000.1 - Remote Code Execution | 2020-05-05 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst
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