CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Affected products
saltstack: salt; opensuse: leap; debian: debian linux; canonical: ubuntu linux; blackberry: workspaces server; vmware: application remote collector
References10
- docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html Vendor Advisory
- docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html Vendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Mini… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Mini… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.… Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.… Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Co… Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758 Third Party Advisory
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html Third Party Advisory
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases… Third Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
-
6.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 86% percentile: 100 · as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-22