CVE-2020-11651

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

96.61% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-04-30 16:58Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:35Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-04-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

52026a927467f587b9331b27a5c78cc7991eddee7cffa4729e26d84044969763

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• github.comhttps://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rstx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0564http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4676https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157678/SaltStack-Salt-Master-Minion-Unauthenticated-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• tools.cisco.com20200528 SaltStack FrameWork Vulnerabilities Affecting Cisco Productshttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AGvendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2223-1] salt security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1074http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4459-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11651government-resource