{
  "id": "CVE-2020-11652",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2020-11652",
  "published": "2020-04-30T17:15:12.190Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T02:50:33.547Z",
  "score": 6.5,
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.86178,
  "epss_percentile": 0.99728,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03",
    "due": "2022-05-03",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11652"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "saltstack",
    "opensuse",
    "debian",
    "canonical",
    "blackberry",
    "vmware"
  ],
  "products": [
    "saltstack salt",
    "opensuse leap",
    "debian linux",
    "canonical ubuntu linux",
    "blackberry workspaces server",
    "vmware application remote collector"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-22"
  ],
  "description": "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.",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 6.5,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html",
      "tags": [
        "Mailing List",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11652",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11652",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}