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Vulnerability · CVE-2020-11652

SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability

Published Apr 30, 2020 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · SaltStack Salt

Patch now

CVE-2020-11652 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm SaltStack Salt against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
86.18%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe blackberry/workspaces server · cpe canonical/ubuntu linux · cpe debian/debian linux · cpe opensuse/leap · cpe saltstack/salt · cpe vmware/application remote collector

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. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe blackberry/workspaces serverversion unspecified
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux16.04
  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux18.04
  • cpe debian/debian linux10.0
  • cpe debian/debian linux8.0
  • cpe debian/debian linux9.0
  • cpe opensuse/leap15.1
  • cpe saltstack/saltversion unspecified
  • cpe vmware/application remote collector7.5.0
  • vendor SaltStack Saltversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2020-11652

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2020-11652 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm SaltStack Salt against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with canonical/ubuntu linux 16.04; canonical/ubuntu linux 18.04; debian/debian linux 10.0; debian/debian linux 8.0. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 86.18%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 30, 2020 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-11652

    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.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2020-11652

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2020-11652

    30-day exploitation probability 86.2%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference48421

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_gather/saltstack_salt_root_key

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce

    Public module reference (great). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2020-11652

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • Packet Storm SecurityCited referencehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

    Packet Storm link already published on the finding.

    packetstormsecurity.com
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2020-11652

    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.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.