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CVE-2021-22004

MEDIUM
6.4
CVSS Score
Published: September 8, 2021 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:36 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraSalt· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
MEDIUM6.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
333435
Salt· Saltstack
95%
v < 3000.3v < 3003.3
Affected range stops below 3000.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3003.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (4)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/

CVSS

6.4MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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