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CVE-2020-16846

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.

Exploited in the wild. In CISA KEV since 2021‑11‑03. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.19.8CriticalEPSS percentile99th100% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVListedsince 2021-11-03, due 2022-05-03
Public exploit: 2 sourcesFix5 products2 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub, BDU

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What to do

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  • PyPI saltAffected: < 2015.8.13Upgrade to: 2015.8.13Stated by: GitHub advisory
  • Saltstack SaltAffected: < 2015.8.10Upgrade to: 2015.8.10Stated by: NVD
  • Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/LinuxAffected: 9Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Novell Inc. OpenSUSE LeapAffected: 15.1Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Fedora Project FedoraAffected: 31Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

Versions as the sources state them. 2 more products have version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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Coverage timeline

0 publishers

  1. Added to CISA KEV catalog

    ·CISA KEV

Sourced from public security reporting — each date is when it was published, not when it happened.

What it is

From the CVE record

SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th
Public exploit
CISA KEV
CISA KEV

Listed as exploited in the wild since 2021-11-03.

US federal agencies must remediate by 2022-05-03.

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Public exploits

2 sources with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

100% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 119 days before any public exploit.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-pocnuclei check added
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Added to CISA KEV
  5. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 9.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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