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CVE-2020-16846
November 06, 2020
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.
Affected Packages
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2018.3.5
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2019.2.6
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.3.8
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3000.4
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2015.8.13
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.11.10
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2017.7.8
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3001.2
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s)
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3002.1
Related Resources (30)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.1.rst#L12
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.2.rst#L10
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2020-104.yaml
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/2019.2.6.rst#L10
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.4.rst#L10
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
ATTACKED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-78
EPSS
Base Score:
94.39