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CVE-2020-16846

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.

Published

2020-11-06T08:15:13.283

Last Modified

2025-03-14T17:28:24.490

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78
Type: Secondary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2015.8.10	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2015.8.13	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2016.3.4	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2016.3.6	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2016.3.8	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2016.11.3	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2016.11.6	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2016.11.10	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2017.7.4	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2017.7.8	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2018.3.5	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 2019.2.5	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	< 3000.3	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	3001	Yes
Application	saltstack	salt	3002	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	10.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	31	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Release Notes ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/ Release Notes ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/ Release Notes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)