# Saltstack vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/saltstack  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 9 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/saltstack.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 8 vulnerabilities in Saltstack: 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 4 of them critical and 3 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2024-22232, was published on 7 July 2026. 1 technology has a page of its own.

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 0
- Last 30 days: 0
- Last 90 days: 0
- All time: 8 (4 critical, 3 exploited in the wild)

## About Saltstack

Company providing infrastructure automation and systems management software.

## Latest Saltstack vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2024-22232: PYSEC-2026-1891 - Path traversal in saltstack](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-22232-saltstack-salt-path-traversal-in-file-server) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026)
- [CVE-2017-12791: SaltStack Salt directory traversal in minion id validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-12791-saltstack-salt-directory-traversal-in-minion-id-validation) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 17 May 2022)
- [CVE-2022-22934: SaltStack Salt improper verification of cryptographic signature](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22934-saltstack-salt-improper-verification-of-cryptographic-signature) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 29 Mar 2022)
- [CVE-2020-17490: PYSEC-2020-105 - The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-17490-saltstack-salt-weak-file-permissions-in-tls-certificate-creation) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020)
- [CVE-2020-25592: SaltStack Salt authentication bypass in salt-netapi](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-25592-saltstack-salt-authentication-bypass-in-salt-netapi) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020)
- [CVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-16846-saltstack-salt-shell-injection-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020)
- [CVE-2020-11651: SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-11651-saltstack-salt-authentication-bypass-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 30 Apr 2020)
- [CVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt is vulnerable Arbitrary Directory Access](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-11652-saltstack-salt-path-traversal-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 30 Apr 2020)

## Most severe Saltstack vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-16846-saltstack-salt-shell-injection-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020)
- [CVE-2020-11651: SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-11651-saltstack-salt-authentication-bypass-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 30 Apr 2020)
- [CVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt is vulnerable Arbitrary Directory Access](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-11652-saltstack-salt-path-traversal-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 30 Apr 2020)
- [CVE-2017-12791: SaltStack Salt directory traversal in minion id validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-12791-saltstack-salt-directory-traversal-in-minion-id-validation) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 17 May 2022)
- [CVE-2020-25592: SaltStack Salt authentication bypass in salt-netapi](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-25592-saltstack-salt-authentication-bypass-in-salt-netapi) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020)
- [CVE-2022-22934: SaltStack Salt improper verification of cryptographic signature](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22934-saltstack-salt-improper-verification-of-cryptographic-signature) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 29 Mar 2022)
- [CVE-2024-22232: PYSEC-2026-1891 - Path traversal in saltstack](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-22232-saltstack-salt-path-traversal-in-file-server) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026)
- [CVE-2020-17490: PYSEC-2020-105 - The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-17490-saltstack-salt-weak-file-permissions-in-tls-certificate-creation) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020)

## Vulnerabilities per week

Nothing was published in the last eight weeks.

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Saltstack technologies

- [Saltstack Salt](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/salt): 8 vulnerabilities

## Sources

NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Saltstack vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/saltstack, 9 November 2026.