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CRITICAL SEVERITY
CVE-2020-16846 SaltStack · Salt

SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

CRITICAL
9.8 / 10
Minimal Risk Critical
Vector Specification
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

94.39 %
Predictive Probability
Percentile Rank
100.0 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 100.0% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Nov 03, 2021

Remediation Due

May 03, 2022

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

SaltStack Salt allows an unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API to use shell injections to run code on the Salt API using the SSH client. This vulnerability affects any users running the Salt API.

Remediation Directive

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

External Intelligence