CVE-2020-11651An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 3, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by May 3, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.
- CVSS
- 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021; federal remediation due May 3, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 96.61% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
saltstack salt saltstack:salt | before 2019.2.4; from 3000 before 3000.2 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 15.1 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 16.04; 18.04 | NVD |
vmware application_remote_collector vmware:application_remote_collector | 7.5.0; 8.0.0 | NVD |
References
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.htmlx-refsource-misc, vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rstx-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, third-party-advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.htmlx-refsource-confirm, third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AGvendor-advisory, x-refsource-cisco, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651us-government-resource
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