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    CVE-2020-16846

    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.

    Published:Nov 3, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 7, 2025
    EPS:Nov 6, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.94387
    CVSS Score:9.8

    CISA Notification

    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.

    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
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Saltstack
    Product
    Salt

    Exploits

    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.htmlhttps://github.com/hamza-boudouche/projet-secuhttps://github.com/zomy22/CVE-2020-16846-Saltstack-Salt-API

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
    https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
    https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
    https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
    https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/
    https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/
    https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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