CVE-2021-22004

MEDIUM
Published Sep 8, 20214y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
6.4 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 8, 2021 4y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.4
Exploitability
0.5
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-362

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
saltstacksalt* <3000.3
microsoftwindows*any
fedoraprojectfedora33any
fedoraprojectfedora34any
fedoraprojectfedora35any

References 4

  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
  • saltproject.io https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
    PatchVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • saltproject.io https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
    PatchVendor Advisory