UNKNOWNKNOWN EXPLOITED

CVE-2020-16846

SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability

Published: 2021-11-03
Modified: 2026-07-31
Sources: cisa-kev

Summary

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.

References

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

Includes data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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