Exploited
medium
6.5
CWE
22 20
Advisory Published
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability

First published: Thu Apr 30 2020(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
debian/salt
pip/salt>=3000<3000.2
3000.2
pip/salt<2019.2.4
2019.2.4
SaltStack<2019.2.4
SaltStack>=3000<3000.2
SUSE Linux=15.1
Debian=8.0
Debian=9.0
Debian=10.0
Ubuntu=16.04
Ubuntu=18.04
BlackBerry Workspaces<=7.1.3
BlackBerry Workspaces>=8.0.0<=8.2.6
BlackBerry Workspaces=9.1.0
vmware application remote collector=7.5.0
vmware application remote collector=8.0.0
SaltStack

Remedy

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/cce7abad9c22d9d50ccee2813acabff8deca35dd

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is CVE-2020-11652?

    CVE-2020-11652 is a path traversal vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs which allows directory access to authenticated users.

  • How does the SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability affect users?

    The vulnerability affects Salt users who have authenticated access to the salt-master process ClearFuncs.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2020-11652?

    CVE-2020-11652 has a severity rating of medium with a severity value of 6.5.

  • Which software versions are affected by CVE-2020-11652?

    SaltStack Salt versions up to 2019.2.4 and 3000.2 are affected, as well as specific versions of Ubuntu, Debian, openSUSE Leap, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, BlackBerry Workspaces Server, and VMware Application Remote Collector.

  • How can I fix the SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability?

    To fix the vulnerability, you should upgrade SaltStack Salt to version 2019.2.4 or higher, or apply the necessary patches for the affected software versions.

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