CVE-2020-16846Actively exploitedAdded to KEV 2021-11-03

SaltStack Salt Shell Injection Vulnerability

SaltStack, Salt

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.

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EPSS, exploit probability

Critical

99.6%

estimated chance of real-world exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.9% of every CVE FIRST.org scores

Refreshed 10/28/2026, via FIRST.org's EPSS model, not CVSS, this measures likelihood of exploitation, not how severe it would be.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA-recommended due date: 2022-05-03

CWE-78

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