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CVE-2020-16846

CRITICAL
9.8CVSS
Published: 2020-11-06
Updated: 2025-11-07
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Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
low
Privileges
none
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-78CWE-78

Metadata

Primary Vendor
SALTSTACK
Published
11/6/2020
Last Modified
11/7/2025
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

saltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltsaltstack : saltdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedoraopensuse : leap

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