CVE-2021-22004: Improper Authentication in SaltStack Salt
(updated )
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
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2021-346.yaml
- github.com/saltstack/salt
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22004
- saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02
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