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CVE-2020-11652

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2021-11-03 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel.

  • Published2020-04-30
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-04-3017:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2020-05-05Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  3. 2021-11-03Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  4. 2021-11-03Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  5. 2021-11-03Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  6. 2025-02-0419:54SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 09:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD
Blackberry workspaces server
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.1≤ 7.1.3no fix published
8.x≥ 8.0.0, ≤ 8.2.6no fix published
9.1= 9.1.0no fix published
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0no fix published
9.0= 9.0no fix published
10.0= 10.0no fix published
Canonical ubuntu linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
16.4= 16.04no fix published
18.4= 18.04no fix published

3 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • python-distroSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 1.5.0-3.5.1
  • python-distroSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP2all versions · fixed in 1.5.0-3.5.1
  • python-distroSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3all versions · fixed in 1.5.0-3.5.1
  • python-distroSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2all versions · fixed in 1.5.0-3.5.1
  • python-distroSUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0all versions · fixed in 1.5.0-3.5.1
  • python-distroopenSUSE:Leap 15.3all versions · fixed in 1.5.0-3.5.1
  • python-singledispatchSUSE:Manager Server 3.2all versions · fixed in 3.4.0.3-1.5.1
  • python-singledispatchSUSE:Manager Proxy 3.2all versions · fixed in 3.4.0.3-1.5.1

52 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2020-11652 Red Hat Product Security2 known affected

    salt: salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths

    salt as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 · salt-minion as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 2

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-05-03
  2. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2020-11652 · 2 productsMitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
  3. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2020-11652 · 2 productsWill not fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-48421
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
3 repositories, unverifiedfanjq99/CVE-2020-11652Al1ex/CVE-2020-11652limon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
2 modulesexploit/linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rcerank: greatauxiliary/gather/saltstack_salt_root_keyrank: normalModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2021-11-03
Patch Due Date
2022-05-03
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2020-04-30
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-vp49-2g4r-m3x3

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11652?

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.

Is CVE-2020-11652 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2020-11652 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-05-03.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-11652?

CVE-2020-11652 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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