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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-2020-16846

High
EPSS 94.4%CISA KEV

Description

SaltStack Salt allows an unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API to use shell injections to run code on the Salt API using the SSH client. This vulnerability affects any users running the Salt API.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

94.4%

Higher than 100.0% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846

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

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