GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57HighCVSS 6.4
Improper Authentication in SaltStack Salt
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 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.
🎯 Affected products1
- pip/salt:< 3003.3
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22004
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-346.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02