CVE-2020-16846
CriticalActively exploited (CISA KEV)
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.
SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
Product
SaltStack Salt
PublishedNov 6, 2020
First seenNov 6, 2020
Added to KEVNov 3, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-78OS command injection
How to fix
CISA required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: May 3, 2022Update
- saltstack salt2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.6, 2016.11.10, 2017.7.4, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.5, 2019.2.5, 3000.3 or later
- salt2015.8.13, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.10, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.5, 2019.2.6, 3000.4, 3001.2, 3002.1, 2015.8.10, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.6, 2017.7.4, 2019.2.5, 3000.3 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| saltstack salt | v < 2015.8.10, 2015.8.11 ≤ v < 2015.8.13, 2016.3.0 ≤ v < 2016.3.4, 2016.3.5 ≤ v < 2016.3.6, 2016.3.7 ≤ v < 2016.3.8, 2016.11.0 ≤ v < 2016.11.3, 2016.11.4 ≤ v < 2016.11.6, 2016.11.7 ≤ v < 2016.11.10, 2017.5.0 ≤ v < 2017.7.4, 2017.7.5 ≤ v < 2017.7.8, 2018.2.0 ≤ v < 2018.3.5, 2019.2.0 ≤ v < 2019.2.5, 3000.0 ≤ v < 3000.3, 3001, 3002 | 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.6, 2016.11.10, 2017.7.4, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.5, 2019.2.5, 3000.3 |
| debian debian_linux | 9.0, 10.0 | — |
| fedoraproject fedora | 31 | — |
| opensuse leap | 15.1 | — |
| saltPyPI | v < 2015.8.13, 2016.3.0 ≤ v < 2016.3.8, 2016.11.0 ≤ v < 2016.11.10, 2017.5.0 ≤ v < 2017.7.8, 2018.2.0 ≤ v < 2018.3.5, 2019.2.0 ≤ v < 2019.2.6, 3000.0 ≤ v < 3000.4, 3001 ≤ v < 3001.2, 3002 ≤ v < 3002.1, v < 2015.8.10, 2015.8.11 ≤ v < 2015.8.13, 2016.3.0 ≤ v < 2016.3.4, 2016.3.5 ≤ v < 2016.3.6, 2016.3.7 ≤ v < 2016.3.8, 2016.11.0 ≤ v < 2016.11.3, 2016.11.4 ≤ v < 2016.11.6, 2016.11.7 ≤ v < 2016.11.10, 2017.7.0 ≤ v < 2017.7.4, 2017.7.5 ≤ v < 2017.7.8, 2018.3.0rc1 ≤ v < 2018.3.5, 2019.2.0 ≤ v < 2019.2.5, 3000 ≤ v < 3000.3 | 2015.8.13, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.10, 2017.7.8, 2018.3.5, 2019.2.6, 3000.4, 3001.2, 3002.1, 2015.8.10, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.6, 2017.7.4, 2019.2.5, 3000.3 |
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