CVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
Critical · CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 99.6%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mitre
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
SaltStack: Salt
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html (opens in new tab)
- github.com/saltstack/salt/releases (opens in new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOG… (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837 (opens in new tab)
- www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/ (opens in new tab)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/ (opens in new tab)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/ (opens in new tab)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/ (opens in new tab)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/ (opens in new tab)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/ (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)