CVE-2020-16846

Estado: AnalizadaCrítica (9.8)⚠ Explotación activa💥 Exploit

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in shell injection.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 9.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 100%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 100
Fecha de la puntuación: 29/9/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

CISA KEV — explotada activamente

Añadida al catálogo: 3/11/2021
Plazo de remediación: 3/5/2022
Uso conocido en ransomware: Unknown

💥 Exploits públicos

Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.

Módulo de Metasploit (exploit fiable y al alcance de cualquiera) · SaltStack Salt REST API Arbitrary Command Execution
Plantilla de Nuclei (detección automática y masiva) · SaltStack <=3002 - Shell Injection
Prueba de concepto en GitHub (no verificada) · Lista de pruebas de concepto en GitHub

⚠️ Las pruebas de concepto de GitHub no están verificadas: algunas son falsas o contienen malware. No las ejecute nunca fuera de un laboratorio aislado.

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Impacto principalT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution95 %

Inyección de shell (CWE-78) en API de Salt accesible remotamente sin autenticación (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N). Permite ejecución de comandos arbitrarios (T1059) y potencial acceso no autorizado (T1078).

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

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Tecnologías afectadas (4)

Debian — Debian Linux Fedoraproject — Fedora Opensuse — Leap Saltstack — Salt

CWE

CWE-78
CWE-78

Referencias

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