CVE-2020-11652

Known Exploited Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 94.20% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory cisco.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory saltstack.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
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
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html third party advisory mailing list
http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-11652?
CVE-2020-11652 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-11652?
To fix CVE-2020-11652, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-11652 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2020-11652 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~94% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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