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CVE-2021-25281
Published:February 27, 2021
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3000 <3000.7
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3000.7
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2016.11.7 <2016.11.10
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.11.10
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2017.7.0rc1 <2017.7.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2017.7.8
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=0.8.7 <2015.8.13
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2015.8.13
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3001 <3001.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3001.5
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=3002 <3002.3
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3002.3
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2019.2.0 <2019.2.8
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2019.2.8
salt (PYTHON):
Affected version(s) >=2016.3.0 <2016.11.5
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2016.11.5
Related Resources (25)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.5.rst#L28
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-50.yaml
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25281
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.3.rst#L28
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.7.rst#L28
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
POC
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Exploit Maturity
FUNCTIONAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Authentication
CWE-287
EPSS
Base Score:
93.85