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CVE-2020-11651

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
April 08, 2020
Published Date
April 30, 2020
Last Updated
February 07, 2025
Vendor
n/a
Product
n/a
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.

CVSS Scores

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical Impact
total

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (added 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2025-03-30 06:33:04 UTC) Source

References

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

Known Exploited Vulnerability Information

Source Added Date
CISA 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC

Scanner Integrations

Scanner URL Date Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce.rb 2025-04-29 11:01:18 UTC

Potential Proof of Concepts

Warning: These PoCs have not been tested and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Drew-Alleman/CVE-2020-11651

Type: github • Created: 2025-03-30 06:33:04 UTC • Stars: 0

A script that exploits SaltStack CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652 to add new users to a vulnerable Salt master by injecting entries into /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

appcheck-ng/salt-rce-scanner-CVE-2020-11651-CVE-2020-11652

Type: github • Created: 2020-11-30 09:23:23 UTC • Stars: 0

Scanning tool to test for SaltStack vulnerabilities CVE-2020-11651 & CVE-2020-11652.

ssrsec/CVE-2020-11651-CVE-2020-11652-EXP

Type: github • Created: 2020-05-07 09:17:39 UTC • Stars: 24

CVE-2020-11651&&CVE-2020-11652 EXP

kevthehermit/CVE-2020-11651

Type: github • Created: 2020-05-04 20:34:04 UTC • Stars: 6

PoC for CVE-2020-11651

jasperla/CVE-2020-11651-poc

Type: github • Created: 2020-05-04 11:52:28 UTC • Stars: 121

PoC exploit of CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652

0xc0d/CVE-2020-11651

Type: github • Created: 2020-05-04 11:47:56 UTC • Stars: 40

CVE-2020-11651: Proof of Concept