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SaltStack Salt

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CVE-2020-16846

SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability

CISA catalog due date2022-05-03
overdue since 2022-05-03
EPSS exploit probability (next 30 days)99.6% · 100percentile
From CVE publication to KEV listing362 days (2020-11-06 → 2021-11-03)
Remediation window (KEV listing to due date)181 days
Days on the KEV list1834 days
Date added to KEV2021-11-03
Known ransomware campaign useUnknown
VendorSaltStack
ProductSalt
Weaknesses (CWE)CWE-78

SaltStack: 3 entries (0.2% of all KEV entries are from this vendor); 0 added in 2026.

BOD 26-04 note: this is the date printed in the CISA catalog. A federal agency's actual deadline is set by its SSVC tier - Act (3 days), Attend (14 days), Track (60 days), or the next scheduled upgrade - counted from the KEV listing date or the date the vulnerability is identified in its environment, whichever comes first. Use the tier helper on each CVE page for your own window.

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Description

SaltStack Salt allows an unauthenticated user with network access to the Salt API to use shell injections to run code on the Salt API using the SSH client. This vulnerability affects any users running the Salt API.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846

References

Other KEV entries for this vendor: SaltStack

SaltStack - Vendors with KEV entries

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