CVE-2020-11652
Description
SaltStack Salt contains a path traversal vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs which allows directory access to authenticated users. Salt users who follow fundamental internet security guidelines and best practices are not affected by this vulnerability.
CISA KEV
- Vendor
- SaltStack
- Product
- Salt
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Saltstack 3000.1 - Remote Code Execution
Metasploit modules
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11652
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2020-103.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11652
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11652.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.