vulnerability
Arch Linux: Access restriction bypass (CVE-2021-25281)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 27, 2021 | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 27, 2021
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-api does not honor eauth credentials for the wheel_async client. Thus, an attacker can remotely run any wheel modules on the master.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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