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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.
Tags
cisa metasploit_scanner

CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.5 - MEDIUM

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

CVSS v2.0

4.0

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

SSVC Information

Exploitation
active
Technical Impact
partial

Exploit Status

Exploited in the Wild
Yes (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

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Proof of Concept Exploit Available

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Metasploit