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CVE-2020-28243· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 91.1% of all records.
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: salt (Debian:9) 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u7; salt (openSUSE:Leap 15.2) 3000-lp152.3.27.1; salt (PyPI) 2015.8.13, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.5.
  • Mentioned 2 times in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to salt (Debian:9) 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u7; salt (openSUSE:Leap 15.2) 3000-lp152.3.27.1; salt (PyPI) 2015.8.13, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.5 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The minion's restartcheck is vulnerable to command injection via a crafted process name. This allows for a local privilege escalation by any user able to create a files on the minion in a non-blacklisted directory.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
Feb 27, 2021
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
4.3% · 91th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 4.3%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
saltstacksalt
fedoraprojectfedora
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux10.0
  • debian debian linux11.0
  • debian debian linux9.0
  • fedoraproject fedora32
  • fedoraproject fedora33
  • fedoraproject fedora34
  • saltstack salt2016.11.4 and later · before 2016.11.5
  • saltstack salt2016.11.7 and later · before 2016.11.10
  • saltstack salt2017.5.0 and later · before 2017.7.8
  • saltstack salt2018.2.0 and later · up to 2018.3.5 inclusive
  • saltstack saltbefore 2015.8.10
  • saltstack salt2019.2.6 and later · before 2019.2.8
  • saltstack salt3000 and later · before 3000.6
  • saltstack salt3001 and later · before 3001.4
  • saltstack salt3002 and later · before 3002.5
  • saltstack salt2019.2.0 and later · before 2019.2.5
  • saltstack salt2015.8.11 and later · before 2015.8.13
  • saltstack salt2016.3.0 and later · before 2016.3.4
  • saltstack salt2016.3.5 and later · before 2016.3.6
  • saltstack salt2016.3.7 and later · before 2016.3.8

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:9saltbefore 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u72016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u7
openSUSE:Leap 15.2saltbefore 3000-lp152.3.27.13000-lp152.3.27.1
PyPIsaltfrom 2015.8.11 · before 2015.8.132015.8.13
PyPIsaltfrom 2016.11.0 · before 2016.11.32016.11.3
PyPIsaltfrom 2016.11.4 · before 2016.11.52016.11.5
PyPIsaltfrom 2016.11.7 · before 2016.11.102016.11.10
PyPIsaltfrom 2016.3.0 · before 2016.3.42016.3.4
PyPIsaltfrom 2016.3.0 · before 2016.11.52016.11.5
PyPIsaltfrom 2016.3.5 · before 2016.3.62016.3.6
PyPIsaltfrom 2016.3.7 · before 2016.3.82016.3.8
PyPIsaltfrom 2017.5.0 · before 2017.7.82017.7.8
PyPIsaltfrom 2017.7.0 · before 2017.7.82017.7.8
PyPIsaltfrom 2018.2.0 · up to and including 2018.3.5—
PyPIsaltfrom 2018.3.0rc1 · before 2019.2.0rc12019.2.0rc1
PyPIsaltfrom 2019.2.0 · before 2019.2.52019.2.5
PyPIsaltfrom 2019.2.0 · before 2019.2.82019.2.8
PyPIsaltfrom 2019.2.6 · before 2019.2.82019.2.8
PyPIsaltfrom 3000 · before 3000.73000.7
PyPIsaltfrom 3000 · before 3000.63000.6
PyPIsaltfrom 3001 · before 3001.53001.5
PyPIsaltfrom 3001 · before 3001.43001.4
PyPIsaltfrom 3002 · before 3002.53002.5
PyPIsaltfrom 3002 · before 3002.33002.3
PyPIsaltbefore 2015.8.102015.8.10

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Same product

saltstack: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-16846An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002.KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2020-11651An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2.KEV
    98Now
  • CVE-2020-11652An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2.KEV
    82Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-17490Nov 6, 2020 · The TLS module within SaltStack Salt through 3002 creates certificates with weak file permissions.
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-25592Nov 6, 2020 · In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens.
    60This week
  • Later →CVE-2020-28972Feb 27, 2021 · In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always valida
    24Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:salt2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u7 · Debian:9Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:salt3000-lp152.3.27.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.2Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2015.8.10Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2015.8.13Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2016.11.10Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2016.11.3Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2016.11.5Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2016.3.4Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2016.3.6Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2016.3.8Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2017.7.8Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2019.2.0rc1Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2019.2.5Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt2019.2.8Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3000.6Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3000.7Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3001.4Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3001.5Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3002.3Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3002.5Package registry (OSV)
suse:py26-compat-salt2016.11.10-6.8.1 · SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:release-notes-susemanager4.0.12.1-3.68.1 · SUSE:Manager Server 4.0Package registry (OSV)
suse:release-notes-susemanager-proxy4.0.12.1-0.16.52.1 · SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.0Package registry (OSV)
suse:salt3000-46.129.1 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:202020-12-22

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-67 d
  2. Published
  3. TodayOct 23, 2026+2064 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2021-252810 days apartAn issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.
    61This week
  • CVE-2020-25592113 days apartIn SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens.
    60This week

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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