CVE-2020-11652

CRITICALNVD 6.59.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 6.5 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 86%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · Metasploit · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
86%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

April 30, 2020

Last Modified

November 7, 2025

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Jun 12, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available.
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Products

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html
generic

salt/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst at v3000.2_docs · saltstack/salt · GitHub

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst
generic

Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html
generic

BlackBerry Public Knowledge Base

http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758
generic

Packet Storm

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.html

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntusalt-syndic (0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2) @ trusty2026-09-19ubuntu
ubuntusalt-syndic (2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1) @ xenial2026-09-19ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
salt2018.3.4+dfsg1-62018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u1—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
salt2014.1.13+ds-32014.1.13+ds-3+deb8u1—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
salt2016.11.2+ds-1, 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u1, 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u2, 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u32016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u4—
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
salt0.10.0 ... 3000.1 (160 versions)3000.2—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(2)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 47× in last 7d / 168× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 598 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-19 17:38 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-19 13:27 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-19 05:05 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-19 00:54 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-18 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-18 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-09-18 16:31 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  10. 2026-09-18 12:20 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-18 08:09 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-18 03:59 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-17 23:48 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-17 19:37 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-17 19:37 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-17 19:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-17 15:27 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-17 11:16 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-17 07:05 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-17 02:54 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-16 22:43 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-16 18:32 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-16 14:22 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  25. 2026-09-16 10:11 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-16 06:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-16 06:00 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-16 01:50 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-15 21:39 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-09-15 17:29 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-15 13:18 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-15 09:07 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-15 00:41 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-14 20:30 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-14 19:24 UTCCISA KEV update
  11. 2026-09-14 16:20 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-14 12:08 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-14 07:58 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-14 03:47 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-13 23:36 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-13 19:26 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-13 15:15 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-13 11:04 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-13 06:53 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-13 02:43 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-12 22:32 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-12 18:21 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-12 09:59 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-09-12 05:48 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-12 01:37 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-11 21:27 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-09-11 18:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  28. 2026-09-11 17:16 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-11 13:05 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-11 08:54 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-11 04:43 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-11 00:32 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-09-10 20:21 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-10 19:28 UTCCISA KEV update
  35. 2026-09-10 16:10 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-10 11:59 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-10 11:59 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-10 07:48 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-10 03:38 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-09 23:27 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-09 19:16 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-09 19:08 UTCCISA KEV update
  43. 2026-09-09 15:05 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-09 10:54 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-09 06:44 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-09 02:33 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-09-08 18:54 UTCCISA KEV update
  48. 2026-09-08 18:09 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-08 01:09 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-07 20:57 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-07 16:47 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-06 15:36 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-09-06 15:36 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-09-06 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-09-06 11:25 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-06 07:14 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-09-06 03:03 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-09-05 22:52 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-05 18:41 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-05 18:41 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-09-05 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-09-05 06:06 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-09-05 01:55 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-04 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-04 17:38 UTCCISA KEV update
  66. 2026-09-04 09:10 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-09-04 05:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-09-03 03:48 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-02 23:38 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-09-02 19:27 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-02 17:33 UTCCISA KEV update
  72. 2026-09-02 15:14 UTCEG score recompute
  73. 2026-09-02 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-09-01 22:26 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-31 21:14 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(5 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 Metasploit modules) (2 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoClimon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC
    First seen Jan 17, 2024

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

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCAl1ex/CVE-2020-11652
    First seen Dec 25, 2020

    CVE-2020-11652 & CVE-2020-11651

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-48421
    First seen May 5, 2020

    Saltstack 3000.1 - Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/linux/misc/saltstack_salt_unauth_rce✓ verified
    First seen Apr 30, 2020

    SaltStack Salt Master/Minion Unauthenticated RCE

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitauxiliary/gather/saltstack_salt_root_key✓ verified
    First seen Apr 30, 2020

    SaltStack Salt Master Server Root Key Disclosure

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2020-11652?
CVE-2020-11652 is a critical vulnerability published on April 30, 2020. An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.
When was CVE-2020-11652 disclosed?
CVE-2020-11652 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 30, 2020, with the most recent update on November 7, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2020-11652 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2020-11652 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting SaltStack Salt. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-11652?
CVE-2020-11652 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2020-11652?
CVE-2020-11652 affects SaltStack Salt. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2020-11652?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2020-11652, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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