CVE-2021-22004
MEDIUMSaltStack Salt < 3003.3 - Race Condition via Minion Config File
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
Scores
CVSS v3
6.4
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
33.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (5)
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
fedoraproject/fedora
35
pypi/salt
0 - 3003.3PyPI
saltstack/salt
< 3000.3
Published
Sep 08, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026