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CVE-2021-21996

Published: Sep 8, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.4%
Top 12.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

saltsaltstack
On-prem
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
saltPyPIOSS Libraries
Saltstack Saltn/a
saltstackoss-projectSecurity Productsaka salt, salt 2015, salt 2018
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
lists.fedoraproject.org
and 20 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Sep 8, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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