RCE in Saltstack Salt

CVE-2021-25283

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The jinja renderer does not protect against server side template injection attacks.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.105 (95.6th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-25283: held from 0.105 to 0.105.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.105 · newest: 0.105 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25283?
CVE-2021-25283 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-25283?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-25283 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.