CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-25284

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Feb 27, 2021 | Modified: Dec 21, 2023
CVSS 3.x
4.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt.modules.cmdmod can log credentials to the info or error log level.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Salt Saltstack * 2015.8.10 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2015.8.11 (including) 2015.8.13 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2016.3.0 (including) 2016.3.4 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2016.3.5 (including) 2016.3.6 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2016.3.7 (including) 2016.3.8 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2016.3.9 (including) 2016.11.3 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2016.11.4 (including) 2016.11.5 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2016.11.7 (including) 2016.11.10 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2017.5.0 (including) 2017.7.8 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2018.2.0 (including) 2018.3.5 (including)
Salt Saltstack 2019.2.0 (including) 2019.2.5 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 2019.2.6 (including) 2019.2.8 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 3000 (including) 3000.6 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 3001 (including) 3001.4 (excluding)
Salt Saltstack 3002 (including) 3002.5 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

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