high6.4
CVE-2021-22004
Improper Authentication in SaltStack Salt
Impact
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | salt | < 3003.3 | 3003.3 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Saltstack | Salt | before 3000.3 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 33, 34, 35 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22004
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-346.yaml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02