CVE-2020-11651

CRITICALImmediate

Published:Apr 30, 2020(6 years ago)

Modified:Nov 7, 2025

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
saltstack	salt	2019.2.4	-
saltstack	salt	3000 - 3000.2	-
opensuse	leap	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Apr 30, 20206 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 7, 20256 months ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047....Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070....Mailing List
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Co...Exploit

CVSS Score

v3.1

9.8/ 10.0

CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

saltstack / salt

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Mini...Exploit

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.htmlVendor Advisory

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/release...Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.htmlMailing List

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/...Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047....Mailing List

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070....Mailing List

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Co...Exploit

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Mini...Exploit

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.htmlVendor Advisory

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/release...Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.htmlMailing List

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/...Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676Third Party Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve...US Government Resource

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityHigh

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityHigh

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2020-11651

✦ Vulnerability Description

Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

Official Sources

CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description