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CVE-2021-25315

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25315 is an improper authentication vulnerability (CWE-287) in Salt versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3 and openSUSE Tumbleweed. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code without valid credentials. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3002.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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 Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0233 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 3002.2

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-pmj6-9f8c-8g2mhigh

Saltstack Salt Unauthenticated Arbitrary Code Execution

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2021-25315Important

salt: salt-api unauthenticated remote code exec

Feb 17, 2021

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory