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CVE-2020-16846 KEV

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 99.6% (pctl 100)

Patch first

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

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.

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
EPSS99.59% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-78
On CISA KEVyes — remediate by 2022-05-03
Public exploitnone known
Published2020-11-06
Last modified2026-06-17

CISA KEV

NameSaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
Added2021-11-03
Due2022-05-03
Vendor / productSaltStack / Salt
Ransomware usenone reported

Affected (4)

VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
opensuseleap
saltstacksalt

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD