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    CVE-2020-11651

    An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.

    Published:Apr 29, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 7, 2025
    EPS:Apr 30, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.94421
    CVSS Score:9.8

    CISA Notification

    Description

    An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.

    Required Action:

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

    Notes:

    No extra notes provided.

    Due Date
    May 3, 2022
    1592 days ago
    Alert Date
    Nov 3, 2021
    1773 days ago

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Saltstack
    Product
    Salt
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Application Remote Collector

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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High