# CVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 6.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2020-11652
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:44Z

- Published: 2020-04-30 17:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 6.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 86.2%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- SaltStack: Salt

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11652)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11652)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.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/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html)
- [https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.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://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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html)
- [https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG](https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG)
- [http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758](http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758)
- [https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/](https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/)
- [https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676](https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676)
- [http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html](http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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