CVE-2020-16846
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16846
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-16846.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-16846
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-11-06T08:15:13.283Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-11T14:24:27.726638Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
- References
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- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html
Affected packages
Git / github.com/saltstack/salt
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedFixed
Affected versions
old-branch-2014.*
old-branch-2014.7
old-branch-2015.*
old-branch-2015.5
old-branch-2015.8
old-branch-2016.*
old-branch-2016.3
v2015.*
v2015.8.11
v2015.8.12
v2015.8.13
v2016.*
v2016.11
v2016.11.0
v2016.11.0rc1
v2016.11.0rc2
v2016.11.1
v2016.11.2
v2016.11.3
v2016.11.4
v2016.11.5
v2016.11.6
v2016.3.0
v2016.3.1
v2016.3.2
v2016.3.3
v2016.3.4
v2016.3.5
v2016.3.6
v2016.9
v2017.*
v2017.5
v2017.7
v2017.7.0
v2017.7.0rc1
v2017.7.1
v2017.7.3
v2019.*
v2019.2.0