Vulnerability Intelligence Report
SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2020-11651
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.
CISA KEV
SSVC: Active Exploitation
Automatable
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:96.41%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| saltstack | salt | all |
| opensuse | leap | 15.1 |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 16.04, 18.04 |
| vmware | application_remote_collector | 7.5.0, 8.0.0 |
References & Technical Advisories
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Threat Intelligence Signals
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2020-04-08T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2020-04-30T16:58:09 |
| Last Updated | 2025-10-21T23:35:44 |
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