Salt vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Salt is made by Saltstack. We track 51 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 197 versions. 3 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 3 November 2021. Saltstack lists newer releases under their own names, such as Salt 2015, so check those pages too.
The most recent Salt flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11651, on 3 November 2021. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Salt listed under other names? Yes.
Saltstack also lists Salt under more specific names, such as Salt 2015 and Salt 2018. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which versions of Salt do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, usually as ranges. "before 2019.2.4" means every version up to, but not including, 2019.2.4. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2020-11651Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021
SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
before 2019.2.43000 to before 3000.2 - CVE-2020-11652Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021
SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability
before 2019.2.43000 to before 3000.2 - CVE-2020-16846Exploited list, 3 Nov 2021
SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
before 2015.8.102015.8.11 to before 2015.8.132016.3.0 to before 2016.3.42016.3.5 to before 2016.3.62016.3.7 to before 2016.3.82016.11.0 to before 2016.11.32016.11.4 to before 2016.11.62016.11.7 to before 2016.11.10
Which Salt vulnerabilities are being exploited?
3 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 9.8SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
SaltStack Salt contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs due to improperly validating method calls.
- 6.5SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability
SaltStack Salt contains a path traversal vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs which allows directory access to authenticated users.
- 9.8SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
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.
Which Salt flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- >99%
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002.
- 96%
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2.
- 92%CVE-2021-25282Critical
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.
- 86%
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2.
- 73%CVE-2021-25281Critical
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.
- 72%CVE-2021-3197Critical
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.
- 57%CVE-2020-25592Critical
In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens.
- 15%CVE-2019-17361Critical
In SaltStack Salt through 2019.2.0, the salt-api NET API with the ssh client enabled is vulnerable to command injection.
- 10%CVE-2021-25283Critical
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.
- 8.2%CVE-2021-3148Critical
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.
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1 flaw being exploited affects software Acme tracks
SaltStack Salt contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs due to improperly validating method calls. The vulnerability allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication, which can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run commands on salt minions. Salt users who follow fundamental internet security guidelines and best practices are not affected by this vulnerability.
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We track 51 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Salt, across 197 versions. The most recent Salt flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2020-11651, on 3 November 2021.
3 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2020-11651, CVE-2020-11652 and CVE-2020-16846.
Saltstack also lists Salt under more specific names, such as Salt 2015 and Salt 2018. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2020-11651, affects before 2019.2.4, 3000 to before 3000.2. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
Create a EdgeProtect account and track Salt. We match it against every published flaw, give each one a risk score from 0 to 100 and keep watching, so you hear about new ones as soon as we know, by email, in the app or by webhook.