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 Shell Injection Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
Affected products
saltstack: salt; debian: debian linux; fedoraproject: fedora; opensuse: leap
References10
- www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-di… Broken LinkVendor Advisory
- www.saltstack.com/blog/on-november-3-2020-saltstack-publicly-di… Broken LinkVendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Ar… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/160039/SaltStack-Salt-REST-API-Ar… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00029.… Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Release Notes
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00007.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.… Release Notes
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-13 Third Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8
CRITICAL
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 100% percentile: 100 · as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-78
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