CVE-2021-21996

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    CVE-2021-21996

    Published: 8 Sept 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. A user who has control of the source, and source_hash URLs can gain full file system access as root on a salt minion.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.html, 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22, https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011, https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3c609c16ee0454217f339e987c03eaf61662a853

    Affected versions

    v3000.2_docs

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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