CVE-2020-11651 (GCVE-0-2020-11651)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-04-30 16:58 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-07 13:59 UTC
Assigner
References
12 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/relea… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_do… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Salts… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-20… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltS… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 79c6a06e-6047-4b87-ad84-aa35c6faf8a8
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability | Affected: SaltStack / Salt | 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: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-05-03 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11651
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Salt |
| Due Date | 2022-05-03 |
| Date Added | 2021-11-03 |
| Vendorproject | SaltStack |
| Vulnerabilityname | SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 13:26 UTC
| Updated: 2026-11-04 13:01 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: bd2c5d1e-19d7-4985-bcc7-9da79b7f55f9
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-11-03
Asserted: 2021-11-03
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: 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... | Affected: SaltStack / Salt | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | 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... |
| Vendor | SaltStack |
| Product | Salt |
| Added Date | 2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 9.8 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | CRITICAL |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
| Updated: 2026-06-23 11:13 UTC
{
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T11:35:13.426Z",
"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"shortName": "CVE"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0564",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "DSA-4676",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_DEBIAN",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_CISCO",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1074",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"name": "USN-4459-1",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_UBUNTU",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
}
],
"title": "CVE Program Container"
},
{
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.8,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2020-11651",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "active"
},
{
"Automatable": "yes"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2025-02-07T13:59:33.675393Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"dateAdded": "2021-11-03",
"reference": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651"
},
"type": "kev"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "CWE-noinfo Not enough information",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:35:44.859Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"government-resource"
],
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651"
}
],
"timeline": [
{
"lang": "en",
"time": "2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z",
"value": "CVE-2020-11651 added to CISA KEV"
}
],
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "n/a",
"vendor": "n/a",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "n/a"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "n/a",
"lang": "en",
"type": "text"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2020-08-19T18:06:16.000Z",
"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"shortName": "mitre"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0564",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "DSA-4676",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_DEBIAN"
],
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM"
],
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_CISCO"
],
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST"
],
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1074",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"name": "USN-4459-1",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_UBUNTU"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
}
],
"x_legacyV4Record": {
"CVE_data_meta": {
"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
"ID": "CVE-2020-11651",
"STATE": "PUBLIC"
},
"affects": {
"vendor": {
"vendor_data": [
{
"product": {
"product_data": [
{
"product_name": "n/a",
"version": {
"version_data": [
{
"version_value": "n/a"
}
]
}
}
]
},
"vendor_name": "n/a"
}
]
}
},
"data_format": "MITRE",
"data_type": "CVE",
"data_version": "4.0",
"description": {
"description_data": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "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."
}
]
},
"problemtype": {
"problemtype_data": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "n/a"
}
]
}
]
},
"references": {
"reference_data": [
{
"name": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"name": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0564",
"refsource": "SUSE",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "DSA-4676",
"refsource": "DEBIAN",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"name": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html",
"refsource": "CONFIRM",
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products",
"refsource": "CISCO",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update",
"refsource": "MLIST",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1074",
"refsource": "SUSE",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"name": "USN-4459-1",
"refsource": "UBUNTU",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2020-11651",
"datePublished": "2020-04-30T16:58:09.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2020-04-08T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:35:44.859Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1",
"vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
"cisa_known_exploited": {
"cveID": "CVE-2020-11651",
"dateAdded": "2021-11-03",
"dueDate": "2022-05-03",
"forensicTriage": "No",
"knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
"notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11651",
"product": "Salt",
"requiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
"shortDescription": "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.",
"vendorProject": "SaltStack",
"vulnerabilityName": "SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability"
},
"epss": {
"cve": "CVE-2020-11651",
"date": "2026-11-13",
"epss": "0.96614",
"percentile": "0.99884"
},
"nvd": {
"cve": {
"cisaActionDue": "2022-05-03",
"cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03",
"cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
"cisaVulnerabilityName": "SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability",
"configurations": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "5861CF02-E8F5-494E-8F51-5AB233260828",
"versionEndExcluding": "2019.2.4",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "E84C993E-1C6B-4984-9552-4A76A1FE3EF2",
"versionEndExcluding": "3000.2",
"versionStartIncluding": "3000",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "B620311B-34A3-48A6-82DF-6F078D7A4493",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "C11E6FB0-C8C0-4527-9AA0-CB9B316F8F43",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "DEECE5FC-CACF-4496-A3E7-164736409252",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "07B237A9-69A3-4A9C-9DA0-4E06BD37AE73",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "7A5301BF-1402-4BE0-A0F8-69FBE79BC6D6",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "23A7C53F-B80F-4E6A-AFA9-58EEA84BE11D",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "96DB76F8-036A-4401-B926-9B5156E032C1",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "4C3F42E7-CB56-4287-B09F-C5528B97EB7C",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "Se ha descubierto un fallo de salto de archivo en todas las versiones de ansible-engine 2.9.x anteriores a la versi\u00f3n 2.9.7, cuando se ejecuta una instalaci\u00f3n de una colecci\u00f3n ansible-galaxy. Al extraer un archivo .tar.gz de la colecci\u00f3n, el directorio es creado sin sanear el nombre del archivo. Un atacante podr\u00eda aprovechar para sobrescribir cualquier archivo dentro del sistema."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2020-11651",
"lastModified": "2025-11-07T19:32:41.770",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV2": [
{
"acInsufInfo": false,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"cvssData": {
"accessComplexity": "LOW",
"accessVector": "NETWORK",
"authentication": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"baseScore": 7.5,
"confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
"version": "2.0"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
"impactScore": 6.4,
"obtainAllPrivilege": false,
"obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
"obtainUserPrivilege": false,
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary",
"userInteractionRequired": false
}
],
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.8,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
},
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.8,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2020-04-30T17:15:12.143",
"references": [
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Exploit",
"Third Party Advisory",
"VDB Entry"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Exploit",
"Third Party Advisory",
"VDB Entry"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
},
{
"source": "cve@mitre.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Exploit",
"Third Party Advisory",
"VDB Entry"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Exploit",
"Third Party Advisory",
"VDB Entry"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Vendor Advisory"
],
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"tags": [
"US Government Resource"
],
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
"vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
}
],
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
},
"redhat_vex": {
"aggregate_severity": "Important",
"current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:52:54+00:00",
"cve": "CVE-2020-11651",
"id": "CVE-2020-11651",
"initial_release_date": "2020-04-29T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:known_affected": "2",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "salt: salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2020/cve-2020-11651.json",
"version": "3"
},
"vulnrichment": {
"containers": {
"adp": [
{
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2024-08-04T11:35:13.426Z",
"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"shortName": "CVE"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0564",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "DSA-4676",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_DEBIAN",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_CISCO",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1074",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"name": "USN-4459-1",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_UBUNTU",
"x_transferred"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
}
],
"title": "CVE Program Container"
},
{
"metrics": [
{
"cvssV3_1": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.8,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"id": "CVE-2020-11651",
"options": [
{
"Exploitation": "active"
},
{
"Automatable": "yes"
},
{
"Technical Impact": "total"
}
],
"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"timestamp": "2025-02-07T13:59:33.675393Z",
"version": "2.0.3"
},
"type": "ssvc"
}
},
{
"other": {
"content": {
"dateAdded": "2021-11-03",
"reference": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651"
},
"type": "kev"
}
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "CWE-noinfo Not enough information",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2025-02-07T13:59:32.275Z",
"orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
"shortName": "CISA-ADP"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"government-resource"
],
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651"
}
],
"timeline": [
{
"lang": "en",
"time": "2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z",
"value": "CVE-2020-11651 added to CISA KEV"
}
],
"title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
}
],
"cna": {
"affected": [
{
"product": "n/a",
"vendor": "n/a",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "n/a"
}
]
}
],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "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."
}
],
"problemTypes": [
{
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "n/a",
"lang": "en",
"type": "text"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2020-08-19T18:06:16.000Z",
"orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"shortName": "mitre"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0564",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "DSA-4676",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_DEBIAN"
],
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_CONFIRM"
],
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"tags": [
"x_refsource_MISC"
],
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_CISCO"
],
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update",
"tags": [
"mailing-list",
"x_refsource_MLIST"
],
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1074",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_SUSE"
],
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"name": "USN-4459-1",
"tags": [
"vendor-advisory",
"x_refsource_UBUNTU"
],
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
}
],
"x_legacyV4Record": {
"CVE_data_meta": {
"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
"ID": "CVE-2020-11651",
"STATE": "PUBLIC"
},
"affects": {
"vendor": {
"vendor_data": [
{
"product": {
"product_data": [
{
"product_name": "n/a",
"version": {
"version_data": [
{
"version_value": "n/a"
}
]
}
}
]
},
"vendor_name": "n/a"
}
]
}
},
"data_format": "MITRE",
"data_type": "CVE",
"data_version": "4.0",
"description": {
"description_data": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "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."
}
]
},
"problemtype": {
"problemtype_data": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "eng",
"value": "n/a"
}
]
}
]
},
"references": {
"reference_data": [
{
"name": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"
},
{
"name": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:0564",
"refsource": "SUSE",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"
},
{
"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "DSA-4676",
"refsource": "DEBIAN",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"
},
{
"name": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html",
"refsource": "CONFIRM",
"url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"
},
{
"name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
"refsource": "MISC",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"
},
{
"name": "20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products",
"refsource": "CISCO",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"
},
{
"name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update",
"refsource": "MLIST",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"
},
{
"name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1074",
"refsource": "SUSE",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"
},
{
"name": "USN-4459-1",
"refsource": "UBUNTU",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"
}
]
}
}
}
},
"cveMetadata": {
"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
"assignerShortName": "mitre",
"cveId": "CVE-2020-11651",
"datePublished": "2020-04-30T16:58:09.000Z",
"dateReserved": "2020-04-08T00:00:00.000Z",
"dateUpdated": "2025-10-21T23:35:44.859Z",
"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.1"
}
}
}
Loading…
Loading…
Drag nodes to arrange them. Double-click a related vulnerability to open it, or a source to visit its link. The Physics button on the left tunes the layout and the simulation; the legend at the bottom left hides or shows nodes by kind and by sighting type.
Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline
Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC
How durations are calculated
Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.
Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.
Loading timeline…
Loading…
Loading…
The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Loading…
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.