SaltStack — known exploited vulnerabilities
The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (KEV) lists vulnerabilities that CISA has confirmed are being exploited in the wild; U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate each entry by its due date. This page joins the KEV entries for SaltStack with NVD CVSS scores and CISA's ransomware-campaign flag. See our methodology or browse all CVEs.
Key findings
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists 3 SaltStack vulnerabilities confirmed as exploited in the wild across 1 product; none are currently flagged as used in known ransomware campaigns. All entries affect a single product: Salt. CISA added 3 entries in 2021, compared with 0 in 2020. Across the 3 entries with an NVD CVSS score (100% of the total), the average score is 8.7; 2 entries are rated critical by NVD. The most recent addition is CVE-2020-11652 (SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability), added on 2021-11-03.
Affected products
| Product | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Salt | 3 | 100% |
Entries added per year
By date added to the KEV catalog
Exploited SaltStack vulnerabilities (3)
Newest first. CVSS scores from NVD where available.
| CVE | Product | Vulnerability | Date added | Ransomware | CVSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-11652 | Salt | SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability | 2021-11-03 | — | MEDIUM6.5 |
| CVE-2020-11651 | Salt | SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Vulnerability | 2021-11-03 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
| CVE-2020-16846 | Salt | SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability | 2021-11-03 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, joined with NIST NVD CVSS data. Vendor names are normalized across spellings. Compare all vendors.