CVE-2020-16846
SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
CVSS
—
No CVSS
EPSS
99.6%
p100
KEV
YES
Nov 3, 2021
Exploit Today
80
0-100
Published: — · Last modified: —
99.6%EPSS · 30 days99.6%
2026-06-302026-07-16
Product
SaltStack / Salt
Vulnerability
SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability
Added to KEV
Nov 3, 2021
Remediate by
May 3, 2022
Known ransomware use
No
Summary 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