CVE-2020-16846

[CVE catalog]

Severity

Critical · CVSS 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

Nov 4, 2020, 1:44:16 PM UTC

Updated

Jun 25, 2026, 1:32:28 PM UTC

Source

[NVD] · [CVE record]

Exploitation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

EPSS

99.59% · Oct 25, 2026

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2020-16846) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly created certificates with weak file permissions. (CVE-2020-17490) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2020-25592) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted process names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28243) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled validation of SSL/TLS certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof a trusted entity. (CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-25281) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform directory traversal. (CVE-2021-25282) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled template rendering. A remote attacker could possibly this issue to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-25283) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled logging. An attacker could possibly use this issue to discover credentials. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25284) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3148) It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled input sanitization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-3197)