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CVE-2021-3197 — Vulnerability in salt — CVE Details

CRITICAL

SaltStack Salt is vulnerable to shell injection via ProxyCommand argument

Published May 24, 2022Updated October 23, 2024Source: osv

Summary

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.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published May 24, 2022 (1602 days ago).
  • Last revised October 23, 2024 — 883 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update salt to 3000.7 or later
pip install "salt>=3000.7"
pip
Update salt to 2016.11.5 or later
pip install "salt>=2016.11.5"
pip
Update salt to 3001.5 or later
pip install "salt>=3001.5"
pip
Update salt to 2016.11.10 or later
pip install "salt>=2016.11.10"
pip
Update salt to 2019.2.8 or later
pip install "salt>=2019.2.8"
pip
Update salt to 2015.8.13 or later
pip install "salt>=2015.8.13"
pip
Update salt to 3002.3 or later
pip install "salt>=3002.3"
pip
Update salt to 2017.7.8 or later
pip install "salt>=2017.7.8"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (9)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
salt
pypi
3000, 3000.1, 3000.2, 3000.3 (+3 more)3000.7
salt
pypi
2016.11.0, 2016.11.0rc1, 2016.11.0rc2, 2016.11.1 (+12 more)2016.11.5
salt
pypi
3001, 3001.1, 3001.2, 3001.3 (+1 more)3001.5
salt
pypi
2018.3.0, 2018.3.0rc1, 2018.3.1, 2018.3.2 (+3 more)Range-based data available
salt
pypi
2016.11.7, 2016.11.8, 2016.11.92016.11.10
salt
pypi
2019.2.0, 2019.2.1, 2019.2.2, 2019.2.3 (+4 more)2019.2.8
salt
pypi
0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.10.3 (+106 more)2015.8.13
salt
pypi
3002, 3002.1, 3002.23002.3
salt
pypi
2017.7.0, 2017.7.0rc1, 2017.7.1, 2017.7.2 (+5 more)2017.7.8

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-3197?
SaltStack Salt is vulnerable to shell injection via ProxyCommand argument This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2021-3197?
CVE-2021-3197 affects salt. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2021-3197 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-8rp6-x3r7-5qw3
PYSEC-2021-57

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