CVE-2020-16846 (GCVE-0-2020-16846)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-06 07:27 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:35
VLAI?
Summary
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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