CVSS 3.1
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2020-11651
Critical (9.8) in SaltStack Salt. In CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. EPSS 97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in salt 2019.2.4, 3000.2.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CISA KEV
- listed 2021-11-03, due 2022-05-03
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- opensuse:leap
- saltstack:salt
- vmware:application_remote_collector
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-pjhf-vpx3-33r3 | PyPI | salt | <2019.2.4 | 2019.2.4 |
| GHSA-pjhf-vpx3-33r3 | PyPI | salt | >=3000 <3000.2 | 3000.2 |
| PYSEC-2020-102 | PyPI | salt | <2019.2.4 >=3000 <3000.2 | 2019.2.4, 3000.2 |
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