CVE-2021-21996high
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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.
References
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2021-09-08
Updated: 2021-09-25
Type: CWE-668
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 7.6
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Impact Score: 10
Exploitability Score: 4.9
Severity: HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.2
Severity: HIGH
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153200 | Fedora 33 : salt (2021-93a7c8b7c6) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |
| 153199 | Fedora 34 : salt (2021-00ada7e667) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | high |