Check Point Advisories

SaltStack Salt API SSH Client Remote Code Execution (CVE-2020-16846; CVE-2020-25592)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2020-3431
Date Published:	16 Nov 2021
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 16 November, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2020-16846 CVE-2020-25592
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	SaltStack Salt up to (excluding) 2015.8.10 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2015.8.11 up to (excluding) 2015.8.13 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2016.3.0 up to (excluding) 2016.3.4 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2016.3.5 up to (excluding) 2016.3.6 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2016.3.7 up to (excluding) 2016.3.8 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2016.11.0 up to (excluding) 2016.11.3 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2016.11.4 up to (excluding) 2016.11.6 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2016.11.7 up to (excluding) 2016.11.10 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2017.5.0 up to (excluding) 2017.7.4 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2017.7.5 up to (excluding) 2017.7.8 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2018.2.0 up to (excluding) 2018.3.5 SaltStack Salt from (including) 2019.2.0 up to (excluding) 2019.2.5 SaltStack Salt from (including) 3000.0 up to (excluding) 3000.3
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in SaltStack Salt API SSH Client. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the SaltStack Salt API SSH Client Remote Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: SSH Protection Violation.
Attack Information: SaltStack Salt API SSH Client Remote Code Execution