Description
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.
Published: 2020-11-06
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 94.4% High
KEV: Yes
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2480-1 salt security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2480-2 salt regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4837-1 salt security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qr38-h96j-2j3w SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6948-1 Salt vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7181-1 Salt vulnerability
History

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Metrics kev

{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Opensuse
Opensuse leap
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Opensuse
Opensuse leap

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:45:00 +0000

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References

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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Opensuse Leap
Saltstack Salt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:33.124Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16846

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:33.237Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-11-06T08:15:13.283

Modified: 2025-11-07T19:32:05.420

Link: CVE-2020-16846

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-11-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-16846 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses