{"cve":"CVE-2020-11651","nvd":{"published":"2020-04-30T17:15:12.143","modified":"2026-06-17T02:50:33.323","status":"Analyzed","description":"An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.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/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html","http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","opensuse:leap","saltstack:salt","vmware:application_remote_collector"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:04:18.695612450+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-11651","score":0.96614,"percentile":0.99883,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":{"cve":"CVE-2020-11651","date_added":"2021-11-03","due_date":"2022-05-03","vendor":"SaltStack","product":"Salt","known_ransomware":false},"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pjhf-vpx3-33r3","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pjhf-vpx3-33r3","summary":"SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution","modified":"2024-10-26T23:03:20.155516Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<2019.2.4"],"fixed":["2019.2.4"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":[">=3000 <3000.2"],"fixed":["3000.2"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2020-102","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-102","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-10T17:02:38.190206331Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<2019.2.4",">=3000 <3000.2"],"fixed":["2019.2.4","3000.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}