CVE-2021-25281

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-25281
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-02-27T05:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-23T22:36:49
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-287 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2015.8.10
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2015.8.11 2015.8.13
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.0 2016.3.4
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.5 2016.3.6
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.7 2016.3.8
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.3.9 2016.11.3
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.11.4 2016.11.5
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.11.7 2016.11.10
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2017.5.0 2017.7.8
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2018.2.0 2018.3.5
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2019.2.0 2019.2.5
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2019.2.6 2019.2.8
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3000 3000.6
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3001 3001.4
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3002 3002.5
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/ Vendor Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25281
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-25281
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:45:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 22:55:56 2021-02-27T05:15Z 2021-02-27T05:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 22:55:56 2021-11-23T22:36:49 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 22:55:56 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated