CVE-2020-11652 on CISA KEV
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.
CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor / Product
— / SaltStack / Salt
CVSS / EPSS
— — · EPSS 94.27%
01What CISA says about this vulnerability
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.
02Required action — verbatim from CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
03Notes & references
- docs.saltstack.com — https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
- github.com — https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.r…
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html
- packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Executi…
- www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676
- www.vmware.com — http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
- packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthe…
- tools.cisco.com — https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-s…
- lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
- support.blackberry.com — http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
- usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/
04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters
This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.
05Affected products (summary)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / n/a | n/a |
06Detection
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