CVE-2020-25592

highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.568 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · weaponized

Likely / severe?

56.8% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

66 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-287USprimaryCWE-20USCWE-20US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/http/saltstack_salt_api_cmd_execSaltStack Salt REST API Arbitrary Command Executionweaponized · metasploit

affected products (66)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SaltStack Salt <2019.2.6all versionscert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt <2019.2.7all versionscert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt <3000.4all versionscert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt <3000.5all versionscert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt <3001.2all versionscert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt <3001.3all versionscert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt <3002.1all versionscert_bundDE
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
SaltStack Salt< 2019.2.6cert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt< 2019.2.7cert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt< 3000.4cert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt< 3000.5cert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt< 3001.2cert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt< 3001.3cert_bundDE
SaltStack Salt< 3002.1cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-1801SaltStack Salt: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2020-11-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SaltStack Salt ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen und die Authentisierung zu umgehen.
GHSA-29j3-2446-5j4wSaltStack Salt Improper Validation of eauth credentials and tokens in salt-netapi2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
In SaltStack the salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.
PYSEC-2020-1062020-11-06vendor · osvUS
In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. A user can bypass authentication and invoke Salt SSH.

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-11-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (34)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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