CVE-2021-22004

EUVD-2021-0226
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.
Race Condition
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
6.4 MEDIUM
LOCAL
HIGH
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 15%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
saltstacksalt
𝑥
< 3000.3
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
salt
bionic
needs-triage
focal
dne
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needs-triage
kinetic
ignored
lunar
dne
mantic
dne
noble
dne
trusty
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/