CVE-2020-11652

Confirmed PUBLISHED

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some...

SaltStack · Salt

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Confidence

Confirmed

Exploitation Status

Exploited in the wild

Observed in Sensors

Attempts (30d)

—

Unique Attacker IPs

—

CISA KEV

In CISA KEV

CVSS / EPSS

6.5 Medium

At a Glance

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

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CVE Published: Apr 30, 2020
Exploitation Reported: Nov 03, 2021
CVSS: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: —

Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Affected Versions

Vendor	Product	Version	Status
n/a	n/a	n/a	Affected

CVE References

openSUSE-SU-2020:0564 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047...
DSA-4676 debian.org · Vendor Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products tools.cisco.com · Vendor Advisory https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory...
openSUSE-SU-2020:1074 lists.opensuse.org · Vendor Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070...
USN-4459-1 usn.ubuntu.com · Vendor Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

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[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update lists.debian.org · Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html docs.saltstack.com · CVE Record https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
GitHub — saltstack/salt github.com · CVE Record https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releas...
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Ex... packetstormsecurity.com · CVE Record http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-C...
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html vmware.com · CVE Record http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Un... packetstormsecurity.com · CVE Record http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Min...
support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail support.blackberry.com · CVE Record http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758

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

Scanner Artifacts

Nuclei and Metasploit references linked to this CVE.

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce.rb	Apr 28, 2025

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 6.5 Medium

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

CVSS v2.0 4.0 Medium

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

Exploitation Status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC · CISA

Proof of concept available

Recorded 2020-05-22 07:56:32 UTC · GitHub

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Scanner Integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce.rb	Apr 28, 2025

Potential Proof of Concepts

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limon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC

github · Created 2024-01-17 04:15:16 UTC · 4 stars

This is a fix POC CVE-2020-11651 & CVE-2020-11651

Al1ex/CVE-2020-11652

github · Created 2020-12-25 02:58:35 UTC · 6 stars

CVE-2020-11652 & CVE-2020-11651

fanjq99/CVE-2020-11652

github · Created 2020-05-22 07:56:32 UTC · 0 stars

saltstack CVE-2020-11652

saltstack_salt_unauth_rce

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-11652

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CVE-2020-11652

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