{"id":"CVE-2020-11651","aliases":["GHSA-pjhf-vpx3-33r3","PYSEC-2020-102"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-11651","summary":"SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution","details":"An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.","published":"2020-04-30T17:15:12.143Z","modified":"2026-07-08T05:56:31.432626953Z","cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.96614,"percentile":0.99881,"asOf":"2026-09-10"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":26,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2019.2.4"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3000.2"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T05:56:31.432626953Z"}}