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Weakness
CWE
CWE-22
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

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Impact

CVSS score of 6.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available.
Exploit ScenarioDerived

A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: In CISA KEV with patch available.
Exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) Patch available 86.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.

Affected Packages

pypi salt fix: 2019.2.4, 3000.2

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in pypi

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. 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. Affected products include: Saltstack Salt, Opensuse Leap, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Blackberry Workspaces Server. Version information: before 2019.2.4.

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Added to CISA KEV
Jul 14, 2026 - 04:22 CISA
CVE Published
Apr 30, 2020 - 17:15 nvd
MEDIUM 6.5

DescriptionNVD

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.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
86.1%
Top 0% exploitable
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
NVD CVE.org CISA KEV EPSS POC (2) Exploit-DB GitHub

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV Yes
Public POC Yes
EPSS 86.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat Yes
Deciding rule
In CISA KEV with patch available
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation· derived
Active
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
High

Priority Score

203
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: +50
EPSS: +86
CVSS: +32
PoC: +20
Weaponized: +15
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Path Traversal HIGH

Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:workspaces_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:workspaces_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackberry:workspaces_server:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:application_remote_collector:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Advisories & patches
ADVISORY https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2019.2.4.html REF http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00047.html REF http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00070.html REF http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157560/Saltstack-3000.1-Remote-Code-Execution.html REF http://support.blackberry.com/kb/articleDetail?articleNumber=000063758 REF http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0009.html REF https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/v3000.2_docs/doc/topics/releases/3000.2.rst REF https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00027.html REF https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-salt-2vx545AG REF https://usn.ubuntu.com/4459-1/ REF https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-11652 REF https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4676

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