CVE-2020-16846An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002.
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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 through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
- 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)
- CWE-78
- 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)
- 99.59% (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 2015.8.10; from 2015.8.11 before 2015.8.13; from 2016.3.0 before 2016.3.4; from 2016.3.5 before 2016.3.6; from 2016.3.7 before 2016.3.8; from 2016.11.0 before 2016.11.3; from 2016.11.4 before 2016.11.6; from 2016.11.7 before 2016.11.10; and 7 more ranges | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 9.0; 10.0 | NVD |
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora | 31 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 15.1 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releasesx-refsource-misc, release-notes
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cves/x-refsource-confirm, broken-link, vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMA/vendor-advisory, x-refsource-fedora, release-notes
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381/x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383/x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380/x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379/x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382/x-refsource-misc, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, third-party-advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlmailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846us-government-resource
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