CVE-2020-11652

Vulnerability overview

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.

Severity and scoring

CVSS score

6.5 · MEDIUM

CVSS version

3.1

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-22

CVSS measures technical severity; it does not establish whether this vulnerability is being exploited in your environment.

Known exploitation and remediation

Listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Affected product

SaltStack · Salt

Added to catalog

2021-11-03

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA remediation due date

2022-05-03

CISA deadlines apply to the organizations covered by its directives. Confirm your own remediation requirements.

Verify affected versions and patch availability in the vendor advisory before making changes.

Affected products and versions

• cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  Before (exclusive): 2019.2.4

• cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  From (inclusive): 3000

  Before (exclusive): 3000.2

• cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:workspaces_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  Through (inclusive): 7.1.3

• cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:workspaces_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  From (inclusive): 8.0.0

  Through (inclusive): 8.2.6

• cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:workspaces_server:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

• cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

These are NVD CPE applicability entries. Some products depend on configuration conditions; consult the official record to confirm applicability.

Advisories and references

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html

  Mailing List · Third Party Advisory

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html

  Mailing List · Third Party Advisory

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

  Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

  Exploit · Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758

  Third Party Advisory

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html

  Third Party Advisory

• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html

  Vendor Advisory

• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst

  Third Party Advisory

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html

  Mailing List · Third Party Advisory

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG

  Third Party Advisory

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

  Third Party Advisory

• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

  Third Party Advisory

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html

  Mailing List · Third Party Advisory

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html

  Mailing List · Third Party Advisory

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html

  Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

  Exploit · Third Party Advisory · VDB Entry

• http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758

  Third Party Advisory

• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html

  Third Party Advisory

• https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html

  Vendor Advisory

• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst

  Third Party Advisory

• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html

  Mailing List · Third Party Advisory

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG

  Third Party Advisory

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/

  Third Party Advisory

• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

  Third Party Advisory

• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11652

  US Government Resource

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