CVE-2020-11652

Summary

CVECVE-2020-11652
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-30 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-03 14:21:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.942650000 probability, percentile 0.999350000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-22

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorSaltStack
ProductSalt
NameSaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11652

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Blackberry Workspaces Server 9.1.0 All All All
Application Blackberry Workspaces Server All All All All
Application Blackberry Workspaces Server All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Application Saltstack Salt All All All All
Application Saltstack Salt All All All All
Application Vmware Application Remote Collector 7.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Application Remote Collector 8.0.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0564-1: critical: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Saltstack 3000.1 Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2020-0009.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-4459-1: Salt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Salt 2019.2.4 Release Notes MISC docs.saltstack.com Vendor Advisory
BSRT-2020-002 Input Validation Vulnerability in Server Configuration Management Impacts BlackBerry Workspaces Server (deployed with Appliance-X) MISC support.blackberry.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1074-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
SaltStack Salt Master/Minion Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
salt/3000.2.rst at v3000.2_docs · saltstack/salt · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products CISCO tools.cisco.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4676-1 salt DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 374575 VMware vRealize Operations Application Remote Collector (ARC) Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2020-0009)
  • 501244 Alpine Linux Security Update for salt
  • 505396 Alpine Linux Security Update for salt
  • 750688 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for salt (SUSE-SU-2021:2105-1)
  • 750705 OpenSUSE Security Update for salt (openSUSE-SU-2021:0899-1)
  • 750760 OpenSUSE Security Update for salt (openSUSE-SU-2021:2106-1)
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