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CVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt is vulnerable Arbitrary Directory Access

May 24, 2022 (updated October 22, 2025)

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.

References

  • docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp49-2g4r-m3x3
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2020-103.yaml
  • github.com/saltstack/salt
  • github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst
  • lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11652
  • tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG
  • usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1
  • www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11652
  • www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

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Affected versions

All versions before 2019.2.4, all versions starting from 3000 before 3000.2

Fixed versions

  • 2019.2.4
  • 3000.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2019.2.4, 3000.2 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

pypi/salt/CVE-2020-11652.yml

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