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CVE-2020-11652

Path Traversal: Is CVE-2020-11652 real, exploitable, or a false positive? Here's the community verdict.

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signals

public sources

Exploited in wild
Yes
CISA KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Public exploit
Metasploit +2
Metasploit/EDB/PoC
Base severity
6.5 Medium
CVSS
Exploitation prob.
86%
FIRST EPSS
Weakness
CWE-22 · Path Traversal
CWE

Confirmed exploited in the wild. Patch this first, regardless of the base score.

cisa ssvc

CISA Vulnrichment · assessed

Exploitation
Active
in the wild
Automatable
No
at scale
Technical impact
Partial
on success

CISA decision, by how critical the affected system is to you:

  • low impact → Track
  • medium impact → Track
  • high impact → Attend

Track: normal patch cycle · Track*: watch closely · Attend: patch sooner · Act: patch now. About SSVC ↗

public exploits

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A working exploit is publicly available from a maintained source. Treat this as higher urgency and verify your exposure.

affected packages

GHSA-vp49-2g4r-m3x3 · GitHub rates it high
  • PyPIsalt
    Vulnerable
    < 2019.2.4; ≥ 3000, < 3000.2
    Fixed in
    2019.2.4, 3000.2

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), via OSV.dev. Check your lockfile version against the ranges above.

baseline read

auto · not a community verdict

Real — exploited in the wild

CISA confirms active exploitation. Treat scanner hits as true positives unless your specific version or config is unaffected.

Based on CISA KEV

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

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

Published · Added to CISA KEV (552 days after publication)

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timeline

  1. CISA SSVC assessment · exploitation: active
  2. Added to CISA KEV · confirmed exploited in the wild
  3. Added to VulnCheck KEV · reported exploited in the wild
  4. Published by NVD

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Field notes & remediation

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  • 0
    Field note · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    SaltStack Salt Path Traversal Vulnerability — SaltStack Salt contains a path traversal vulnerability in the salt-master process ClearFuncs which allows directory access to authenticated users. Salt users who follow fundamental internet security guidelines and best practices are not affected by this vulnerability. Listed in the CISA KEV catalog (added 2021-11-03) — confirmed exploited in the wild, not theoretical. FIRST EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at ~86%. Treat it as real and prioritize remediation over triage.

  • 0
    Remediation · TruePositive EditorialCurated

    Required action for SaltStack Salt: Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA set a federal remediation due date of 2022-05-03. After patching, verify the vulnerable path is no longer reachable before closing the finding.

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Same weakness: CWE-22 · Path Traversal.