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CVE-2020-16846
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
salt, debian linux, fedora, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2015.8.11, 2016.3.0, 2016.3.5, 2016.3.7, 2016.11.0, 2016.11.4, 2016.11.7, 2017.5.0, 2017.7.5, 2018.2.0, 2019.2.0, 3000.0, 3001, 3002, 9.0, 10.0, 31, 15.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 6th, 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.