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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 9.8/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releasesRelease Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releasesRelease Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846US Government Resource
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 6, 2020
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- Added to CISA KEV
- Nov 3, 2021
- NVD status
- Analyzed