CVE-2020-11651 — SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2020-11651: SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | SaltStack |
| Product | Salt |
| Date added | 2021-11-03 |
| Due date | 2022-05-03 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
Description
SaltStack Salt contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs due to improperly validating method calls. The vulnerability allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication, which can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run commands on salt minions. Salt users who follow fundamental internet security guidelines and best practices are not affected by this vulnerability.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11651
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11651
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog