Name: CVE-2021-25284: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-25284, CWE-522, CWE-532, CVSS 4.4, EPSS 0.00543

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt.modules.cmdmod can log credentials to the info or error log level.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade salt	Oct 1, 2024	Feb 27, 2021
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Feb 27, 2021
Debian	—	Upgrade salt	Nov 29, 2021	Feb 27, 2021
Freebsd	—	Upgrade py37-saltUpgrade py36-salt-2019Upgrade py39-saltUpgrade py36-saltUpgrade py38-salt-2019Upgrade py37-salt-2019Upgrade py38-salt	Mar 4, 2021	Mar 3, 2021
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-admin/salt.	Apr 1, 2021	Feb 27, 2021
Suse	—	Upgrade saltUpgrade salt-minionUpgrade python2-saltUpgrade salt-fish-completionUpgrade salt-cloudUpgrade salt-bash-completionUpgrade salt-zsh-completionUpgrade salt-masterUpgrade salt-docUpgrade salt-proxyUpgrade salt-sshUpgrade salt-syndicUpgrade python3-saltUpgrade salt-apiUpgrade salt-standalone-formulas-configuration	Feb 27, 2021	Feb 26, 2021
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade salt-common (Ubuntu Pro)	Aug 9, 2024	Feb 27, 2021
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Feb 27, 2021

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CVSS Details

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