CVE-2021-22004
Improper Authentication in SaltStack Salt
6.4
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.14%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2021-22004
To remediate CVE-2021-22004, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3003.3 or later
- —upgrade to 3003.3 or later
Is CVE-2021-22004 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3003.3
- from 0, < 3003.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |