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CVE-2020-11651

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user …

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An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class does not properly validate method calls. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions.
CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
9.0/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 9.8: +1.47
  • Fresh EPSS: 96.61%: +0.48

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 11 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

The Hacker News
Press · 23 Aug 2021, 07:00 · Top 15 Vulnerabilities Attackers Exploited Millions of Times to Hack Linux Systems - The Hacker News
Rapid7
Press · 10 Nov 2020, 08:00 · SaltStack Pre-Authenticated Remote Root Vulnerability Details - Rapid7
Help Net Security
Press · 29 May 2020, 07:00 · Hackers breached six Cisco servers through SaltStack Salt vulnerabilities - Help Net Security
Latest Hacking News - Exploits, Vulnerabilities, Tech and Tutorials
Press · 06 May 2020, 07:00 · Critical Security Bugs Discovered In Salt Framework By SaltStack - Latest Hacking News - Exploits, Vulnerabilities, Tech and Tutorials
TechTarget
Press · 05 May 2020, 07:00 · Critical SaltStack vulnerabilities exploited in several data breaches - TechTarget
See all 11 source documents
Computer Weekly
Press · 04 May 2020, 07:00 · Blogging platform Ghost hacked through Salt vulnerability - Computer Weekly
Security Affairs
Press · 04 May 2020, 07:00 · LineageOS servers hacked, attackers exploited unpatched Salt issues - Security Affairs
Help Net Security
Press · 04 May 2020, 07:00 · SaltStack Salt vulnerabilities actively exploited by attackers, patch ASAP! - Help Net Security
BleepingComputer
Press · 04 May 2020, 07:00 · Hackers exploit Salt RCE bugs in widespread attacks, PoCs public - BleepingComputer
BleepingComputer
Press · 04 May 2020, 07:00 · LineageOS outage caused by hackers breaching main infrastructure - BleepingComputer
Forbes
Press · 03 May 2020, 07:00 · Ghost Confirms Hack Attack: 750,000 Users Spooked By Critical Vulnerability - Forbes

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 9.0 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

8

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 8 repos with metrics
RepositoryStarsForksLanguageUpdated
jasperla/CVE-2020-11651-poc12342Python10 Jul 2020, 09:30
0xc0d/CVE-2020-116514014Python07 Jul 2021, 21:17
kevthehermit/CVE-2020-1165163Python04 May 2020, 20:39
limon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC40Python17 Jan 2024, 04:26
Drew-Alleman/CVE-2020-1165110Python30 Mar 2025, 06:44
hardsoftsecurity/CVE-2020-11651-PoC00Python18 Dec 2023, 14:08
RakhithJK/CVE-2020-1165100—04 May 2020, 20:39
s1lentf00thold/CVE-2020-11651-Poc00Python23 Jun 2026, 04:01
Public exploit evidence
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 9.8; EPSS 96.6%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:12.189153+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Published
30 Apr 2020, 16:58
First press mention
03 May 2020, 07:00
Latest press mention
23 Aug 2021, 07:00
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
03 Nov 2021, 00:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:58
PoCs on GitHub
8 repositories