CVE-2020-16846 — SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
CVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Shell Injection 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 allows an unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API to use shell injections to run code on the Salt API using the SSH client. This vulnerability affects any users running the Salt API.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog