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.
Published: 2021-09-08
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-0226 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57 Improper Authentication in SaltStack Salt
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Fedoraproject Fedora
Microsoft Windows
Saltstack Salt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:23.738Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-22004

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-08T15:15:12.723

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:49:25.440

Link: CVE-2021-22004

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-22004 - Bugzilla

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