Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-11651
SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 30, 2020, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 12, 2022, 5:42 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

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Description :

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.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-11651 has a 73 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-11651 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Saltstack salt
1 Vmware application_remote_collector
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-11651.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html Third Party Advisory
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Coldplay1517/Middleware-Vulnerability-detection-master

中间件的exp

Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 15, 2024, 8:49 a.m. This repo has been linked 58 different CVEs too.
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lions2012/Penetration_Testing_POC

渗透测试有关的POC、EXP、脚本、提权、小工具等---About penetration-testing python-script poc getshell csrf xss cms php-getshell domainmod-xss csrf-webshell cobub-razor cve rce sql sql-poc poc-exp bypass oa-getshell cve-cms

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 305 different CVEs too.
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d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.
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bakery312/Vulhub-Reproduce

None

Updated: 9 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 26, 2024, 10:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 161 different CVEs too.
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limon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC

This is a fix POC CVE-2020-11651 & CVE-2020-11651

Python

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 17, 2024, 4:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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hardsoftsecurity/CVE-2020-11651-PoC

Repository that contains a CVE-2020-11651 Exploit updated to work with the latest versions of python.

Python

Updated: 10 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 18, 2023, 1:56 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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hktalent/bug-bounty

bounty collection

Shell Python Dockerfile Ruby JavaScript ASP.NET Classic ASP HTML PHP Jupyter Notebook

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
26 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Sept. 11, 2023, 11:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 234 different CVEs too.
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ArrestX/--POC

poc集合(持续更新ing)

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
4 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2023, 1:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 154 different CVEs too.
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HimmelAward/Goby_POC

在公网收集的gobypoc+部分自己加的poc

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
96 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : July 28, 2023, 4:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 296 different CVEs too.
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0day404/vulnerability-poc

A Common Vulnerability PoC Knowledge Base一个普遍漏洞POC知识库

vulnerability

Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago
17 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2023, 3:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 232 different CVEs too.
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apachecn-archive/Middleware-Vulnerability-detection

None

Python Shell C# Java PHP

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 3, 2023, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 59 different CVEs too.
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trganda/starrlist

List of awesome starred repositories

Python

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 2, 2023, 7:15 a.m. This repo has been linked 60 different CVEs too.
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CVEDB/awesome-cve-repo

None

Shell

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 435 different CVEs too.
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CVEDB/top

None

Shell

Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 19, 2023, 1:53 a.m. This repo has been linked 265 different CVEs too.
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orgTestCodacy11KRepos110MB/repo-1492-Dork-Admin

None

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 31, 2023, 12:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-11651 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-11651 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-306 NVD-CWE-Other
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html No Types Assigned http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG No Types Assigned https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-306
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html No Types Assigned https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst No Types Assigned https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2019.2.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3000 up to (excluding) 3000.2
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-11651 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-11651 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.48 }} 0.00%

score

0.99976

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
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