CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-21996

Published: Sep 08, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SaltSaltstack*3000.3 (excluding)
SaltUbuntubionic*
SaltUbuntuhirsute*
SaltUbuntuimpish*
SaltUbuntukinetic*
SaltUbuntutrusty*
SaltUbuntutrusty/esm*
SaltUbuntuxenial*

References