Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-3148

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 8.2% (higher than 95% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)8.2%top 5.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API can result in salt.utils.thin.gen_thin() command injection because of different handling of single versus double quotes. This is related to salt/utils/thin.py.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIsalt2015.8.13GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt2016.11.5GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt2016.11.10GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt2017.7.8GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsaltno fix listedGHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt2019.2.8GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt3000.7GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt3001.5GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt3002.3GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp
PyPIsalt2015.8.10, 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, 3002.5PYSEC-2021-55

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References