CVE-2020-25592 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting SaltStack Salt versions through 3002, allowing unauthenticated attackers to invoke Salt SSH due to improper eauth credential and token validation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high risk of complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) over the network with low attack complexity. While not listed in CISA KEV, a Metasploit module exists for arbitrary command execution, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2015.8.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2015.8.11, < 2015.8.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2016.3.0, < 2016.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2016.3.5, < 2016.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2016.3.7, < 2016.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.