CVE-2020-16846 — SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability

CISA KEV listed Added November 3, 2021 Remediate by May 3, 2022

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

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

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

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