CVE-2021-25281
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287
Authentication Issues
Publication date:
27/02/2021
Last modified:
21/12/2023
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2015.8.10 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2015.8.11 (including) | 2015.8.13 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2016.3.0 (including) | 2016.3.4 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2016.3.5 (including) | 2016.3.6 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2016.3.7 (including) | 2016.3.8 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2016.3.9 (including) | 2016.11.3 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2016.11.4 (including) | 2016.11.5 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2016.11.7 (including) | 2016.11.10 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2017.5.0 (including) | 2017.7.8 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2018.2.0 (including) | 2018.3.5 (including) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2019.2.0 (including) | 2019.2.5 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2019.2.6 (including) | 2019.2.8 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3000 (including) | 3000.6 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3001 (including) | 3001.4 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3002 (including) | 3002.5 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/



