Is salt affected by CVE-2020-16846?

PyPI salt is affected in =2016.3.0 =2016.11.0 =2017.5.0 =2018.2.0 =2019.2.0 =3000.0 =3001 =3002 <3002.1.

Is CVE-2020-16846 being exploited?

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

critical exploited in the wild

CVE-2020-16846

Q: Is CVE-2020-16846 being exploited?

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

PyPI · salt

Summary

SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client

Severity: critical
EPSS: 99.6% (p100)
Also known as: GHSA-qr38-h96j-2j3w, PYSEC-2020-104
Published: 2022-05-24

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16846
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1383
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1382

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