Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-25281
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the salt package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 73.1% (higher than 99.5% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)73.1%top 0.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | salt | 2015.8.13 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 2016.11.5 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 2016.11.10 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 2017.7.8 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | no fix listed | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 2019.2.8 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 3000.7 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 3001.5 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 3002.3 | GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p |
| PyPI | salt | 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.11.10, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.5, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, 2017.7.8, 2019.2.0rc1, 2019.2.5, 2019.2.8, 3000.6, 3001.4, 3002.5 | PYSEC-2021-50 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- FEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0c vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-43eb5584ad vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202103-01 vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security update mailing-list
- DSA-5011 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202310-22 vendor-advisory