{
  "cveId": "CVE-2020-16846",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16846",
  "summary": "CVE-2020-16846 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by salt-api 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1, released February 26, 2021. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.",
  "title": "salt-api: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002",
  "description": "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.",
  "published": "2020-11-06T00:15:00Z",
  "severity": "High",
  "epss": 0.99585,
  "epssPercentile": 0.99947,
  "priority": "Patch now",
  "priorityTier": 1,
  "exploited": true,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2021-11-03T00:00:00Z",
    "due": "2022-05-03T00:00:00Z",
    "ransomware": false,
    "requiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions."
  },
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-api",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-api 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-api-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-cloud",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-cloud 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-cloud-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-common",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-common 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-common-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-master",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-master 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-master-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-minion",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-minion 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-minion-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-proxy",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-proxy 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-proxy-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-ssh",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-ssh 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-ssh-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "salt-syndic",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "fix": "salt-syndic 2017.7.4\u002Bdfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2\u002Besm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-salt-syndic-2017.7.4-dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2-esm1",
      "released": "2021-02-26T21:15:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T06:59:42Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}