CVE-2021-22004

salt: allows malacious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software

Published Sep 8, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57 Improper Authentication in SaltStack Salt
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
vmware
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 6:30 PM
Reserved
Jan 4, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 8, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:36 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 2, 2021, 12:00 AM