CVE-2020-16846

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Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "Se detect\u00f3 un problema en SaltStack Salt versiones hasta 3002. El env\u00edo de peticiones web dise\u00f1adas a la Salt API, con el cliente SSH habilitado, puede resultar en una inyecci\u00f3n shell"}], "lastModified": "2025-11-07T19:32:05.420", "cisaActionDue": "2022-05-03", "cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "0F9405E3-F2B0-41BA-A39D-61BB38475A59", "versionEndExcluding": "2015.8.10"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "A35C23D3-82D4-46E7-BF08-9229C04C0C3D", "versionEndExcluding": "2015.8.13", "versionStartIncluding": "2015.8.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B4741BD5-4C40-48BC-A2C1-E6AB33818201", "versionEndExcluding": "2016.3.4", "versionStartIncluding": "2016.3.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7D28A2B5-316A-45DC-AC85-A0F743C4B3C4", "versionEndExcluding": "2016.3.6", "versionStartIncluding": "2016.3.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "17C96153-85C1-45DC-A48B-46A3900246E2", "versionEndExcluding": "2016.3.8", "versionStartIncluding": "2016.3.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B0A54497-D7E2-4A2C-9719-4D992B296498", "versionEndExcluding": "2016.11.3", "versionStartIncluding": "2016.11.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "920C57AF-6E88-465A-83FA-AB947D4C6F0B", "versionEndExcluding": "2016.11.6", "versionStartIncluding": "2016.11.4"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "11D84847-0C8A-473A-9186-46FABD7BB59A", "versionEndExcluding": "2016.11.10", "versionStartIncluding": "2016.11.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C45ACC11-CA9B-4451-B6DD-BD784349CDE8", "versionEndExcluding": "2017.7.4", "versionStartIncluding": "2017.5.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BD998745-FA62-4894-A4FC-767F0DE131B9", "versionEndExcluding": "2017.7.8", "versionStartIncluding": "2017.7.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "9747884A-8B29-42C9-BF5E-5B6D883A78E3", "versionEndExcluding": "2018.3.5", "versionStartIncluding": "2018.2.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "F7A2912C-7F48-465D-B7F2-93ECD0D0CB74", "versionEndExcluding": "2019.2.5", "versionStartIncluding": "2019.2.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D64191C4-C3D3-4615-B7D5-26ADA8BD7C7B", "versionEndExcluding": "3000.3", "versionStartIncluding": "3000.0"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:3001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "74CAD70E-E77C-4010-B224-CEE3968CB6A2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:3002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "F5D7215A-820E-446C-844C-DC4C61BD1884"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DEECE5FC-CACF-4496-A3E7-164736409252"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "07B237A9-69A3-4A9C-9DA0-4E06BD37AE73"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "80F0FA5D-8D3B-4C0E-81E2-87998286AF33"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "B620311B-34A3-48A6-82DF-6F078D7A4493"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.", "cisaVulnerabilityName": "SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability"}