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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

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.02263
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
saltstack salt< 3000.3
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
debian linuxall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI salt HIGH fixed in 3003.3
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@vmware.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD08 Sep 2021 · 03:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

12
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11364-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2021:3621-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2021:1443-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2021:3557-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2021_3551-1
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/PatchVendor Advisory
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