CVE-2020-16846

9.8 CRITICAL CISA KEV - Actively Exploited
Published: November 06, 2020 Modified: November 07, 2025
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846
Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
US Government Resource

29 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
94.4%
100th percentile
Exploitation Status
Actively Exploited
Remediation due: 2022-05-03

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78 CWE-78

Affected Vendors

debian fedoraproject saltstack opensuse

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