Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-25281 (CCN-197532)

Assigned:2021-02-25
Published:2021-02-25
Updated:2021-11-23
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
9.1 Critical (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
7.0 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-287
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-25281

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
saltstack-cve202125281-sec-bypass(197532)

Source: MISC
Type: Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20211110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security update

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-43eb5584ad

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0c

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [04-01-2021]
SaltStack Salt API Unauthenticated Remote Command Execution

Source: CCN
Type: SaltStack Web site
Active SaltStack CVE Release 2021-FEB-25

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202103-01

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-5011

Source: CCN
Type: Rapid7 Vulnerability and Exploit Database [04/01/2021]
SaltStack Salt API Unauthenticated RCE through wheel_async client

Source: MISC
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2021-25281

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 2015.8.10)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2015.8.11 and < 2015.8.13)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2016.3.0 and < 2016.3.4)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2016.3.5 and < 2016.3.6)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2016.3.7 and < 2016.3.8)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2016.3.9 and < 2016.11.3)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2016.11.4 and < 2016.11.5)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2016.11.7 and < 2016.11.10)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2017.5.0 and < 2017.7.8)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2018.2.0 and <= 2018.3.5)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2019.2.0 and < 2019.2.5)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2019.2.6 and < 2019.2.8)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3000 and < 3000.6)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3001 and < 3001.4)
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 3002 and < 3002.5)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2015.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2016.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2016.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2017.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2018.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2019.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:2019.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:3000.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:3001.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:saltstack:salt:3002.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8092
    P
    		salt-transactional-update-3005.1-150500.2.13 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8017
    P
    		graphviz-perl-2.48.0-150400.1.8 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7668
    P
    		libsndfile-devel-1.0.28-150000.5.17.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7784
    P
    		python3-salt-3005.1-150500.2.13 on GA media (Moderate)
    2023-06-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:622
    P
    		Security update for bind (Important) (in QA)
    2022-09-23
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93157
    P
    		 (Important)
    2022-07-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93310
    P
    		 (Important)
    2022-07-06
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3181
    P
    		libgssglue1-0.4-3.76 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3567
    P
    		libXtst6-1.2.2-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3522
    P
    		hardlink-1.0-6.38 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3537
    P
    		kdump-0.8.16-9.2 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-28
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94811
    P
    		python3-salt-3004-150400.6.16 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95152
    P
    		salt-api-3004-150400.6.16 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94679
    P
    		libosinfo-1.7.1-150400.8.6 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95167
    P
    		salt-transactional-update-3004-150400.6.16 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:291
    P
    		python3-salt-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-06-13
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99202
    P
    		 (Important)
    2022-01-25
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113236
    P
    		python3-salt-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2022-01-17
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1220
    P
    		Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2021-10-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106653
    P
    		python3-salt-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-10-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:2283
    P
    		salt-api-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101392
    P
    		python3-pywbem-0.11.0-2.21 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63372
    P
    		salt-api-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101398
    P
    		salt-api-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62309
    P
    		python3-salt-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101067
    P
    		python3-salt-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72050
    P
    		python3-salt-3002.2-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2021-08-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99397
    P
    		 (Important)
    2021-07-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9453
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95987
    P
    		Security update for py26-compat-salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92646
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109326
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69986
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:97242
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10397
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8706
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20612
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92057
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118417
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111237
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69106
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42867
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9647
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96098
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92845
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:109454
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70347
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:97243
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99596
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8896
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:21013
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92252
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:118550
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69593
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:42882
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102660
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9846
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99007
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93004
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38434
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70537
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:97244
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64656
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73778
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99795
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9091
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95947
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92447
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108058
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69787
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49083
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:102788
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10207
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:38449
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:91692
    P
    		Security update for py26-compat-salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117572
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:68757
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:76537
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100107
    P
    		Security update for salt (Critical)
    2021-02-26
    BACK
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    saltstack salt *
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    fedoraproject fedora 33
    fedoraproject fedora 34
    debian debian linux 9.0
    debian debian linux 10.0
    debian debian linux 11.0
    saltstack salt 2016.11.6
    saltstack salt 2016.3.4
    saltstack salt 2015.8.10
    saltstack salt 2015.8.13
    saltstack salt 2016.3.6
    saltstack salt 2016.3.8
    saltstack salt 2016.11.3
    saltstack salt 2016.11.5
    saltstack salt 2016.11.10
    saltstack salt 2017.7.8
    saltstack salt 2018.3.5
    saltstack salt 2019.2.5
    saltstack salt 2019.2.8
    saltstack salt 3000.6
    saltstack salt 3001.4
    saltstack salt 3002.2