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CVE-2021-25281PYSEC-2021-50GHSA-XXW3-765M-F37P

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5.

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, and 13 more
1 Metasploit module, 1 proof of concept on GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-api does not honor eauth credentials for the wheel_async client. Thus, an attacker can remotely run any wheel modules on the master.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated
  4. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

  • saltPyPI

    fixed in 2015.8.10; From 2015.8.11 · fixed in 2015.8.13; From 2016.3.0 · fixed in 2016.3.4; From 2016.3.5 · fixed in 2016.3.6; From 2016.3.7 · fixed in 2016.3.8; From 2016.11.0 · fixed in 2016.11.3; From 2016.11.4 · fixed in 2016.11.5; From 2016.11.7 · fixed in 2016.11.10; From 2017.7.0 · fixed in 2017.7.8; From 2018.3.0rc1 · fixed in 2019.2.0rc1; From 2019.2.0 · fixed in 2019.2.5; From 2019.2.6 · fixed in 2019.2.8; From 3000 · fixed in 3000.6; From 3001 · fixed in 3001.4; From 3002 · fixed in 3002.5

  • saltPyPI

    fixed in 2015.8.13

  • saltPyPI

    From 2016.3.0 · fixed in 2016.11.5

  • saltPyPI

    From 2016.11.7 · fixed in 2016.11.10

  • saltPyPI

    From 2017.5.0 · fixed in 2017.7.8

  • saltPyPI

    From 2018.2.0 · through 2018.3.5

  • saltPyPI

    From 2019.2.0 · fixed in 2019.2.8

  • saltPyPI

    From 3000 · fixed in 3000.7

  • saltPyPI

    From 3001 · fixed in 3001.5

  • saltPyPI

    From 3002 · fixed in 3002.3

References 14

GitHub · saltstack/salt

saltstack.com

saltproject.io

lists.fedoraproject.org

security.gentoo.org

packetstormsecurity.com

lists.debian.org

debian.org

GitHub · rapid7/metasploit-framework

GitHub · projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates

GitHub · Immersive-Labs-Sec/CVE-2021-25281