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High
CVE-2021-21996
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. A...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
Saltstack Salt
Vulnerable Versions:
Saltstack Salt (before 3003.3)
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 8th, 2021
Last Modified:
August 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.