CVE-2021-25281: SaltStack Salt Improper Authentication vulnerability
(updated )
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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxw3-765m-f37p
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-50.yaml
- github.com/saltstack/salt
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3000.7.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3001.5.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/8f9405cf8e6f7d7776d5000841c886dec6d96250/doc/topics/releases/3002.3.rst
- github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25281
- saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21
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