| Name | CVE-2021-22004 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 994016 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| salt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2014.1.13+ds-3+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u10 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2018.3.4+dfsg1-6+deb10u3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| salt | source | (unstable) | 3002.7+dfsg1-1 | unimportant | | 994016 |
Notes
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
Windows-specific