Improper Authentication Affecting salt package, versions <3000-24.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
85.09% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-SALT-2687885
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed26 Feb 2021

Introduced: 26 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-25281  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (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 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.

References

CVSS Scores

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