CVE-2020-11652 is a path traversal vulnerability in SaltStack Salt before versions 2019.2.4 and 3000.2, allowing authenticated users to access arbitrary directories on the salt-master process. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and can lead to high confidentiality impact, affecting products from vendors like SaltStack, VMware, and Debian. It is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit code available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage due to its use in high-profile attacks.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2019.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3000, < 3000.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.