Is salt affected by CVE-2020-11651?

PyPI salt is affected in =3000 <3000.2.

Is CVE-2020-11651 being exploited?

Yes — it is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list.

critical exploited in the wild

CVE-2020-11651

Q: Is CVE-2020-11651 being exploited?

Yes — it is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list.

PyPI · salt

Summary

SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Severity: critical
EPSS: 96.4% (p100)
Also known as: GHSA-pjhf-vpx3-33r3, PYSEC-2020-102
Published: 2022-05-24

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11651
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2020-102.yaml
https://github.com/saltstack/salt

Related advisories

CVE-2024-38824 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-16846 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-62349 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-62348 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-22236 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-22239 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-11652 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-22242 — medium · PyPI/salt

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