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CVE-2020-16846

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Confirmed Exploited

CVE-2020-16846

2021-11-03 00:00 UTC

Timestamps

2021-11-03

2021-11-03

Scope

KEVIntel entry: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in... | Affected: SaltStack / Salt | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | EPSS: 0.99585 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False

References
  • {'id': 'CVE-2020-16846', 'url': 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16846'}
  • {'id': 'kevintel', 'url': 'https://kevintel.com/vuln/CVE-2020-16846'}

ee28729e-cf66-4dba-ae8a-d558fa22799d

caeb2787-0d58-4236-9039-7c86c3e566f3

2026-06-19 12:48 UTC

2026-06-19 12:48 UTC

Evidence
1
Type Source Signal Confidence Details GCVE Metadata
public_report kevintel successful_exploitation 0.70
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{
  "added_date": "2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z",
  "ahead_of_cisa_kev": null,
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
  "epss_percentile": 0.99942,
  "epss_score": 0.99585,
  "feed": "KEVIntel (kevintel.com)",
  "not_yet_in_cisa_kev": false,
  "product": "Salt",
  "title": "An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API, with the SSH client enabled, can result in...",
  "used_in_malware": "unknown",
  "vendor": "SaltStack"
}
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