Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting salt package, versions <3000-24.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
40.09% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-SALT-2687820
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Feb 2021

Introduced: 26 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-3197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 salt to version 3000-24.1 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 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1