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CVE-2020-11651

CRITICALCISA KEV

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/30/2020

Last Modified11/7/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorSaltStack

ProductSalt

Vulnerability NameSaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2022-05-03

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

canonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxopensuse:leapsaltstack:saltvmware:application_remote_collector

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676(cve@mitre.org)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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