CVE-2020-11652An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 86.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
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Metasploit modules2 modules
- SaltStack Salt Master Server Root Key Disclosure (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/gather/saltstack_salt_root_keyRank normaldisclosed 30 Apr 2020
- SaltStack Salt Master/Minion Unauthenticated RCE (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rceRank greatdisclosed 30 Apr 2020
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Saltstack 3000.1 - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48421remote, multiplepublished 5 May 2020Not verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 86.4% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
References13
- 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)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-0172 (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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