CVE-2021-21996 (GCVE-0-2021-21996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-08 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:30
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • File traversal attack
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Saltstack Salt Affected: Saltstack Salt (before 3003.3)
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