vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6948-1 (CVE-2021-25281): Salt vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 27, 2021 | Aug 9, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 27, 2021
Added
Aug 9, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in through 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
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-salt-common
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