Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

CISA ADP9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/saltstack/salt/releasesrefsaltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-disclosed-three-new-cvesadvisorylists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TPOGB2F6XUAIGFDTOCQDNB2VIXFXHWMAadvisorylists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.htmladvisorysecurity.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13refpacketstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.htmlrefzerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1381refzerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383refzerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1380refzerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1379refzerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382reflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.htmladvisorydebian.org/security/2021/dsa-4837reflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlrefcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-16846kevcisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog