Fixed Intel

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: May 3, 2022

CVE-2020-11651

High
EPSS 94.4%CISA KEV

Description

SaltStack Salt contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs due to improperly validating method calls. The vulnerability allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication, which can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run commands on salt minions. Salt users who follow fundamental internet security guidelines and best practices are not affected by this vulnerability.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

94.4%

Higher than 100.0% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11651

Risk Assessment

HIGH
In CISA KEV
High EPSS

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
94.4%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Nov 3, 2021

Added to KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Remediation Due

May 3, 2022

Affected Product

SaltStack

Salt

View all SaltStack CVEs