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CVE-2020-11652

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. The salt-master process ClearFuncs class allows access to some methods that improperly sanitize paths. These methods allow arbitrary directory access to authenticated users.

CVSS 6.5 (MEDIUM) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.4/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 6.5: +0.97
  • Fresh EPSS: 86.18%: +0.43

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

Sources: 9 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

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
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
See all 9 source documents
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
Computer Weekly
Press · 04 May 2020, 07:00 · Blogging platform Ghost hacked through Salt vulnerability - Computer Weekly
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 8.4 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

4

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 4 repos with metrics
RepositoryStarsForksLanguageUpdated
jasperla/CVE-2020-11651-poc12342Python10 Jul 2020, 09:30
0xc0d/CVE-2020-116514014Python07 Jul 2021, 21:17
limon768/CVE-2020-11652-POC40Python17 Jan 2024, 04:26
Drew-Alleman/CVE-2020-1165110Python30 Mar 2025, 06:44
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 6.5; EPSS 86.2%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, low 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, 17:00
First press mention
03 May 2020, 07:00
Latest press mention
29 May 2020, 07:00
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
03 Nov 2021, 00:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:58
PoCs on GitHub
4 repositories