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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Saltstack Salt
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 33, 34, 35
- Saltstack Salt — versions Saltstack Salt (before 3003.3)
References
- saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 (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.