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CVE-2021-21996

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Date: September 7, 2021

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.

Language: Python

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Related Resources (20)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-318.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21996
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pf7h-h2wq-m7pg
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-21996

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

CWE-668

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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