Is CVE-2020-11651 exploited in the wild?

Yes. CVE-2020-11651 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 3 November 2021. Treat it as urgent.

How severe is CVE-2020-11651?

Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 30 April 2020.

Which products and versions are affected?

salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2019.2.4, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2019.2.4,introduced=3000,fixed=3000.2.

Is there a fix for CVE-2020-11651?

Yes. salt (PyPI): upgrade to 2019.2.4, 3000.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2020-11651 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2020-11651?

Check whether you run salt (PyPI) or Saltstack Salt at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2020-11651: SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

CVE-2020-11651 · Severity: critical · CVSS 3.1 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2020-04-30

The salt-master process ClearFuncs class in SaltStack Salt fails to properly validate method calls, leading to an authentication bypass. Remote unauthenticated attackers can exploit this to retrieve user tokens from the master or execute arbitrary commands on salt minions.

Technologies: salt (PyPI), Saltstack Salt. Vendors: PyPI, Saltstack.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2020-11651 exploited in the wild?: Yes. CVE-2020-11651 is known to be exploited in the wild, first recorded on 3 November 2021. Treat it as urgent.
How severe is CVE-2020-11651?: Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 30 April 2020.
Which products and versions are affected?: salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2019.2.4, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2019.2.4,introduced=3000,fixed=3000.2.
Is there a fix for CVE-2020-11651?: Yes. salt (PyPI): upgrade to 2019.2.4, 3000.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2020-11651 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2020-11651?: Check whether you run salt (PyPI) or Saltstack Salt at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

salt (PyPI): upgrade to 2019.2.4, 3000.2 or later
```
pip install "salt>=3000.2"
```

Affected products

SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4, 3000 before 3000.2

Identifiers

CVE-2020-11651
GHSA-pjhf-vpx3-33r3
PYSEC-2020-102

Timeline

2020-04-30: patched: Salt versions 2019.2.4 and 3000.2 released to address the vulnerability.
2021-11-03: kev added: Added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
2021-11-03: disclosed: NVD publication date.

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