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CVE-2020-16846 - SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability

Project:SaltStack

Product:Salt

Date Added:2021-11-03Due Date:2022-05-03

Vulnerability Name

SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability

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.

Known To Be Used in Ransomware Campaigns?

Unknown

Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Additional Notes

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