CVE-2020-11652
KEVHIGH 7.1EPSS 86.2%
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.
- CVSS v4.0 GitHub
- 7.1 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A - CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS v3.1 GitHub
- 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 86.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2021-11-03
- Published
- 2020-04-30
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (12)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-…
- 0xc0d/CVE-2020-1165140★ · 2021-07-07
- Al1ex/CVE-2020-116525★ · 2020-12-25
- Drew-Alleman/CVE-2020-116511★ · 2025-03-30
- fanjq99/CVE-2020-116520★ · 2020-05-22
- hardsoftsecurity/CVE-2020-11651-PoC0★ · 2023-12-18
- heikanet/CVE-2020-11651-CVE-2020-11652-EXP24★ · 2023-03-21
- jasperla/CVE-2020-11651-poc122★ · 2020-07-10
- limon768/CVE-2020-11652-CVE-2020-11652-POC4★ · 2024-01-17
- limon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC4★ · 2024-01-17
- ssrsec/CVE-2020-11651-CVE-2020-11652-EXP24★ · 2023-03-21
- capivara-research/CVE-Exploitation0★ · 2026-09-17
Metasploit modules (1)
ExploitDB entries (1)
Vulhub environments (1)
Security advisories
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
- 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://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
- saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx54…
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
- advisories/GHSA-vp49-2g4r-m3x3