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CVE-2020-16846

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CVE-2020-16846

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.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 25.0KEV listed

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Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.0

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Buzz score components · mention 0.0 · diversity 0.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

0.0

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Diversity score

0.0

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KEV score

25.0

Known exploited vulnerability present

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

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Exploit code

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Nov 6, 2020

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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How this vector reads

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Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Unchanged. Impacts remain within the vulnerable security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · KEV present · 0 OTX pulses

KEVKEV
- cwes: CWE-78
- dueDate: 2022-05-03
- knownRansomwareCampaignUse: Unknown
- notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
- product: Salt
- requiredAction: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- shortDescription: 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.
- vendorProject: SaltStack
- vulnerabilityName: SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
Observed Nov 3, 2021, 12:00 AM