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CVE-2020-11652
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access…
Medium6.5Known exploitedEPSS 86.2%
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 86.2% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (13)
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0564 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-4676 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-4459-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11652 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vp49-2g4r-m3x3 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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