CVE-2021-25282 is a critical directory traversal vulnerability in SaltStack Salt versions prior to 3002.5, specifically within the salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write method, affecting various distributions including Debian and Fedora. With a CVSS score of 9.1, it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high integrity and availability impacts over the network with low attack complexity. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for unauthenticated Remote Code Execution, indicating readily available exploit code and significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2015.8.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2015.8.11, < 2015.8.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2016.3.0, < 2016.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2016.3.5, < 2016.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2016.3.7, < 2016.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
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