CVE-2020-16846
KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 99.6%
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.
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H - CVSS v2.0
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 99.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- added 2021-11-03
- Nuclei
- critical · CWE-78
- Published
- 2020-11-06
- Updated
- 2025-10-21
Proof-of-concept exploits (2)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Exe…
- zomy22/CVE-2020-16846-Saltstack-Salt-API0★ · 2021-10-26
Nuclei templates (1)
Metasploit modules (1)
Vulhub environments (1)
Exploit collections (3)
- chaitin/xray/blob/master/pocs/saltstack-cve-2020-16846.yml
- tzwlhack/Vulnerability/blob/main/CVE-2020-16846%20SaltStack%E8%BF%9C%E7%A8%8B%E6%89%A7%E8…
- zan8in/afrog/blob/main/pocs/afrog-pocs/CVE/2020/CVE-2020-16846.yaml