CVE-2021-3197

CRITICAL
Published Feb 27, 20215y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.8 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Feb 27, 2021 5y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.8
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
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
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-74

Affected Products 21

VendorProductVersionRange
saltstacksalt* <2015.8.10
saltstacksalt*≥2015.8.11  –  <2015.8.13
saltstacksalt*≥2016.3.0  –  <2016.3.4
saltstacksalt*≥2016.3.5  –  <2016.3.6
saltstacksalt*≥2016.3.7  –  <2016.3.8
saltstacksalt*≥2016.3.9  –  <2016.11.3
saltstacksalt*≥2016.11.4  –  <2016.11.5
saltstacksalt*≥2016.11.7  –  <2016.11.10
saltstacksalt*≥2017.5.0  –  <2017.7.8
saltstacksalt*≥2018.2.0  –  ≤2018.3.5
saltstacksalt*≥2019.2.0  –  <2019.2.5
saltstacksalt*≥2019.2.6  –  <2019.2.8
saltstacksalt*≥3000  –  <3000.6
saltstacksalt*≥3001  –  <3001.4
saltstacksalt*≥3002  –  <3002.5
fedoraprojectfedora32any
fedoraprojectfedora33any
fedoraprojectfedora34any
debiandebian_linux9.0any
debiandebian_linux10.0any
debiandebian_linux11.0any

References 10

  • github.com https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
    Third Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
    Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
  • saltproject.io https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
    Vendor Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
    Third Party Advisory
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
    Third Party Advisory
  • debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.