CVE-2021-21996 Affecting salt package, versions <3002.2-49.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-SALT-2659792
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed27 Oct 2021

Introduced: 27 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-21996  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 salt to version 3002.2-49.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream salt package and not the salt package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. A user who has control of the source, and source_hash URLs can gain full file system access as root on a salt minion.

CVSS Scores

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