Vulnerability in Saltstack Salt
CVE-2021-21996
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. A user who has control of the source, and source_hash URLs can gain full file system access as root on a salt minion.
EPSS: 0.035 (88.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Saltstack Salt
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 33, 34, 35
- N/a Saltstack Salt — versions Saltstack Salt (before 3003.3)
References
- security@vmware.com (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@vmware.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-21996?
- CVE-2021-21996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-09-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-21996?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.