CVE-2020-11651

Published: Apr 30, 2020Modified: Nov 7, 2025CISA KEV

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (10)

Products: Saltstack: Salt · Opensuse: Leap · Debian: Debian Linux · +2 more

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Saltstack: Salt · Opensuse: Leap · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Vmware: Application Remote Collector

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Application Remote Collector

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Saltstack Salt	Before 2019.2.4
Saltstack Salt	From 3000 to 3000.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 15.1

Configuration C

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 10.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Configuration D

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 18.04

Configuration E

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Application Remote Collector	Version 7.5.0
Vmware Application Remote Collector	Version 8.0.0

References (23)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

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