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CVE-2020-25592

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-11-06
  • Fixed in3002.1 · 3001.3 · 3000.5 · 3000.3 · 2019.2.7 · 2019.2.5
  • WeaknessCWE-287

Am I affected?

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Description

In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-11-0608:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

OSV · NVD
Saltstack salt
BranchAffectedFixed in
3002.x≥ 3002.0, < 3002.13002.1
3001.x≥ 3001.0, < 3001.33001.3
3000.x≥ 3000.0, < 3000.53000.5
3000.x≥ 3000.0, < 3000.33000.3
3000.x≥ 3000, < 3000.33000.3
2019.2≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.72019.2.7
2019.2≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.52019.2.5
2018.x≥ 2018.2.0, < 2018.3.52018.3.5
2018.3≥ 2018.3.0rc1, < 2018.3.52018.3.5
2017.7≥ 2017.7.5, < 2017.7.82017.7.8
2017.x≥ 2017.5.0, < 2017.7.82017.7.8
2017.x≥ 2017.5.0, < 2017.7.42017.7.4
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.0= 9.0no fix published
10.0= 10.0no fix published

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

  • bind-formulaSUSE:Manager Server Module 4.1all versions · fixed in 0.1.1603299886.60e4bcf-3.3.2
  • cobblerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLSall versions · fixed in 2.2.2-0.68.12.1
  • cobblerSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLSall versions · fixed in 2.2.2-0.68.12.1
  • grafana-formulaSUSE:Manager Server Module 4.1all versions · fixed in 0.3.0-3.3.2
  • mgr-daemonSUSE:Manager Proxy Module 4.1all versions · fixed in 4.1.3-2.6.3
  • mgr-daemonSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLSall versions · fixed in 4.1.3-5.20.1
  • mgr-daemonSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLSall versions · fixed in 4.1.3-5.20.1
  • prometheus-exporters-formulaSUSE:Manager Server Module 4.1all versions · fixed in 0.8.0-3.16.2

88 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2020-25592 Red Hat Product Security2 known affected

    salt: salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens

    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. Update Saltstack salt to 3002.1 · 3001.3 · 3000.5 · 3000.3 · 2019.2.7 · 2019.2.5 · 2018.3.5 · 2017.7.8
  2. Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2020-25592 · 2 productsRed Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update as soon as possible.
  3. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2020-25592 · 2 productsWill not fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/http/saltstack_salt_api_cmd_execrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-11-06
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-29j3-2446-5j4w

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25592?

In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.

Is CVE-2020-25592 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-25592 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 56.8% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-25592?

CVE-2020-25592 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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