CVE-2021-25281
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 27, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraSalt
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 73%
SSVC
No known exploit
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 2015.8.102015.8.11 ≤ v < 2015.8.132016.11.4 ≤ v < 2016.11.52016.11.7 ≤ v < 2016.11.102016.3.0 ≤ v < 2016.3.42016.3.5 ≤ v < 2016.3.62016.3.7 ≤ v < 2016.3.82016.3.9 ≤ v < 2016.11.32017.5.0 ≤ v < 2017.7.82018.2.0 ≤ v ≤ 2018.3.52019.2.0 ≤ v < 2019.2.52019.2.6 ≤ v < 2019.2.83000 ≤ v < 3000.63001 ≤ v < 3001.43002 ≤ v < 3002.5
Affected range stops below 2015.8.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2015.8.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.11.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.11.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.11.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2016.3.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2017.7.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.2.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3000.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3001.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3002.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
References (11)
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releasesMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/Vendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/Vendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287
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