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CVE-2021-3197

🗓️ 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00Reported by mitreType 
cve
 cve🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov📰️ 8 Media mentions👁 313 Views

An issue in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5 allows shell injection via salt-api's SSH client

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freebsd
FreeBSD		salt -- multiple vulnerabilities
25 Feb 202100:00
–freebsd
attackerkb
attackerkb		CVE-2021-3197
27 Feb 202105:15
–attackerkb
alpinelinux
AlpineLinux		CVE-2021-3197
27 Feb 202100:00
–alpinelinux
archlinux
ArchLinux		[ASA-202102-33] salt: multiple issues
27 Feb 202100:00
–archlinux
bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		SaltStack Salt Remote Execution Privilege Escalation
24 Dec 202100:00
–bdu_fstec
circl
Circl		CVE-2021-3197
27 Feb 202107:40
–circl
cnnvd
CNNVD		Saltstack SaltStack Salt 注入漏洞
26 Feb 202100:00
–cnnvd
cnvd
CNVD		SaltStack Salt shell injection vulnerability
1 Mar 202100:00
–cnvd
cvelist
Cvelist		CVE-2021-3197
27 Feb 202100:00
–cvelist
debian
Debian		[SECURITY] [DLA 2480-2] salt regression update
3 Jan 202220:17
–debian
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saltstacksaltRange<2015.8.10
saltstacksaltRange2015.8.11–2015.8.13
saltstacksaltRange2016.3.0–2016.3.4
saltstacksaltRange2016.3.5–2016.3.6
saltstacksaltRange2016.3.7–2016.3.8
saltstacksaltRange2016.3.9–2016.11.3
saltstacksaltRange2016.11.4–2016.11.5
saltstacksaltRange2016.11.7–2016.11.10
saltstacksaltRange2017.5.0–2017.7.8
saltstacksaltRange2018.2.0–2018.3.5
saltstacksaltRange2019.2.0–2019.2.5
saltstacksaltRange2019.2.6–2019.2.8
saltstacksaltRange3000–3000.6
saltstacksaltRange3001–3001.4
saltstacksaltRange3002–3002.5
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fedoraprojectfedoraMatch32
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch33
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch34
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debiandebian_linuxMatch9.0
debiandebian_linuxMatch10.0
debiandebian_linuxMatch11.0
SourceLink
debianwww.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
listswww.lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
securitywww.security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
listswww.lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
listswww.lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
listswww.lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
githubwww.github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
saltprojectwww.saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
securitywww.security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
listswww.lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/

NEW: CVE-2021-3197 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... (click for more) https://t.co/O2xS45GvSz?amp=1

NEW: CVE-2021-3197 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... (click for more) Severity: CRITICAL https://t.co/O2xS45GvSz?amp=1

Published a blog post with details on the Salt API vulnerabilities I found: (CVE-2021-3197, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282)

NEW: CVE-2021-3197 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... (click for more) Severity: CRITICAL https://t.co/O2xS45GvSz?amp=1

RT: CVE-2021-3197 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. https://t.co/qrOzHb7VNU?amp=1 — CVE (/CVEnew) February 27…

NEW: CVE-2021-3197 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... (click for more) https://t.co/O2xS45GvSz?amp=1

NEW: CVE-2021-3197 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... (click for more) https://t.co/O2xS45GvSz?amp=1

NEW: CVE-2021-3197 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... (click for more) Severity: CRITICAL https://t.co/O2xS45GvSz?amp=1

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9.3Critical risk
Vulners AI Score9.3
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.71684
CWE-74
cve-2021-3197saltstacksaltshell injectionsshsecurity vulnerability
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