CVE-2020-16846
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Nov 6, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 4, 2020
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
- FEDORA-2020-9e040bd6ddvendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1868vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202011-13vendor-advisory
- 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/
- [debian-lts-announce] 20201204 [SECURITY] [DLA 2480-1] salt security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4837vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220103 [SECURITY] [DLA 2480-2] salt regression updatemailing-list
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846government-resource
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