CVE-2020-16846
SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.
- Vendor
- SaltStack
- Product
- Salt
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 (critical), scored by NVD (primary)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 (critical), scored by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-78
- Published
- 2020-11-06
- NVD modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
100% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
References
- lists.opensuse.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com (Release Notes)
- lists.debian.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org (Release Notes)
- security.gentoo.org (Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.saltstack.com (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.