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CVE-2020-11652
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
salt, leap, debian linux, ubuntu linux, workspaces server, application remote collector
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3000, 15.1, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 16.04, 18.04, 8.0.0, 9.1.0, 7.5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 30th, 2020
Last Modified:
October 21st, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.