CVE-2021-3148
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API can result in salt.utils.thin.gen_thin() command injection because of different handling of single
02 Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API can result in salt.utils.thin.gen_thin() command injection because of different handling of single
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-02-27 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9e5cb6a6ebc1c9fcd037270e4b7d88bc64db9c31c09d7b46ea88281f1b4a4a73
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
- saltproject.iohttps://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-43eb5584adhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202103-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-5011https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- salt Fixed in 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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