CVE-2020-11652
SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Published
- Apr 30, 2020
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- May 5, 2020
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.7%
- Model date
- Nov 7, 2026
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CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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.
Sources
modules/auxiliary/gather/saltstack_salt_root_key.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- verification: check_not_declared($.auxiliary_gather/saltstack_salt_root_key.check)
saltstack/CVE-2020-11652
SaltStack Arbitrary File Read and Write (CVE-2020-11652)
Vulhub vulnerability labsDeclared conditions
- lab image version: vulhub/saltstack:2019.2.3(saltstack/CVE-2020-11652/docker-compose.yml:services.saltstack.image)
modules/exploits/linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Python,Unix($.exploit_linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce.platform)
- verification: check_declared($.exploit_linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce.check)
Scanning tool to test for SaltStack vulnerabilities CVE-2020-11651 & CVE-2020-11652.
- SaltStack-ExpExploit
CVE-2020-11651&&CVE-2020-11652 EXP
- CVE-2020-11651Exploit
A script that exploits SaltStack CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652 to add new users to a vulnerable Salt master by injecting entries into /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. POC
saltstack CVE-2020-11652
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652 enabling remote command execution and filesystem access on vulnerable SaltStack masters and minions.
- CVE-2020-11652Exploit
Exploit for SaltStack CVEs (CVE-2020-11651/11652) enabling remote command execution on master/minions, file read/upload, and reverse shell.
- salt-vulnerabilitiesDetection
Checks for CVE-2020-11651 and CVE-2020-11652
This is a fix POC CVE-2020-11651 & CVE-2020-11651
CVE-2020-11651&&CVE-2020-11652 EXP
Repository that contains a CVE-2020-11651 Exploit updated to work with the latest versions of python.
Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse · multiple · May 5, 2020
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