CVE-2021-3197

salt: Shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument

Published Feb 27, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 71.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2815-1 salt security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2480-2 salt regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5011-1 salt security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8rp6-x3r7-5qw3 SaltStack Salt is vulnerable to shell injection via ProxyCommand argument
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6948-1 Salt vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.05253}

epss

{'score': 0.06314}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 4:45 PM
Reserved
Jan 21, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 27, 2021, 5:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:04 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Feb 25, 2021, 12:00 AM