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CVE-2020-11652

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...

Basic Information

CVE State
PUBLISHED
Reserved Date
April 08, 2020
Published Date
April 30, 2020
Last Updated
February 04, 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 allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

CVSS Scores

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
partial

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (added 2021-11-03 00:00:00 UTC) Source
Proof of Concept Available
Yes (added 2020-05-22 07:56:32 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://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758 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.

saltstack_salt_unauth_rce

Type: metasploit • Created: Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-11652

limon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC

Type: github • Created: 2024-01-17 04:15:16 UTC • Stars: 4

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

Al1ex/CVE-2020-11652

Type: github • Created: 2020-12-25 02:58:35 UTC • Stars: 6

CVE-2020-11652 & CVE-2020-11651

fanjq99/CVE-2020-11652

Type: github • Created: 2020-05-22 07:56:32 UTC • Stars: 0

saltstack CVE-2020-11652