CVE-2020-11652
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.5 · Path traversal · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
6.5CVSS MEDIUM exploited
Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities).
Added to KEV 2021-11-03. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-05-03.
Summary
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)86%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlAdvisory
- http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.htmlAdvisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rstAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlAdvisory