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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.

  • Published: Nov 6, 2020
  • Updated: Nov 8, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2020-16846
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

OWASP TOP 10:

Software From Fixed in
saltstack / salt 3001 3001.x
saltstack / salt 2019.2.0 2019.2.5
saltstack / salt 3000.0 3000.3
saltstack / salt 2018.2.0 2018.3.5
saltstack / salt 2016.3.7 2016.3.8
saltstack / salt 2017.7.5 2017.7.8
saltstack / salt 2017.5.0 2017.7.4
saltstack / salt 2016.11.7 2016.11.10
saltstack / salt 2016.11.4 2016.11.6
saltstack / salt 2016.11.0 2016.11.3
saltstack / salt 2016.3.5 2016.3.6
saltstack / salt 2015.8.11 2015.8.13
saltstack / salt 2016.3.0 2016.3.4
saltstack / salt - 2015.8.10
debian / debian_linux 9.0 9.0.x
debian / debian_linux 10.0 10.0.x
saltstack / salt 3002 3002.x
fedoraproject / fedora 31 31.x
opensuse / leap 15.1 15.1.x