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CVE-2020-11652

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 30, 2020 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:50 AM UTC
6 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxLeap

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 86%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score86.2%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 86.2% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

SaltStack Salt contains a path traversal vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs which allows directory access to authenticated users. Salt users who follow fundamental internet security guidelines and best practices are not affected by this vulnerability.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Nov 3, 2021
Remediation Due
May 3, 2022
1637 days overdue
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11652

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Workspaces Server· Blackberry
95%
v ≤ 7.1.38.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.2.69.1.0
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
16.0418.04
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
10.08.09.0
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%
15.1
Salt· Saltstack
95%
v < 2019.2.43000 ≤ v < 3000.2
Affected range stops below 2019.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3000.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Application Remote Collector· VMware
95%
7.5.08.0.0

References (13)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-22

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