9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-25281
Apache SaltStack Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 27, 2021, 5:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 21, 2023, 6:22 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-25281 has a 14 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-25281 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Saltstack salt
: Total Affected Vendor : 3 | Products : 3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-25281.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/ Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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NaInSec/CVE-PoC-in-GitHub

All CVE - PoC in GitHub

poc proofofconcept tester allcve cvegithub cvenew cvepoc cveupdate

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
5 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2024, 3:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.
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zecool/cve

None

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.
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d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.
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0day404/vulnerability-poc

A Common Vulnerability PoC Knowledge Base一个普遍漏洞POC知识库

vulnerability

Updated: 2 months ago
17 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : June 24, 2023, 3:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 232 different CVEs too.
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whoforget/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2023, 6:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 923 different CVEs too.
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k0mi-tg/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 7 months, 1 week ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 14, 2023, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 921 different CVEs too.
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WhooAmii/POC_to_review

None

Updated: 7 months ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.
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soosmile/POC

None

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2022, 7:45 a.m. This repo has been linked 943 different CVEs too.
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Threekiii/Awesome-POC

一个漏洞POC知识库 目前数量 1000+

poc

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
3417 stars 682 fork 682 watcher
Born at : Feb. 20, 2022, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 405 different CVEs too.
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tzwlhack/Vulnerability

None

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
66 stars 14 fork 14 watcher
Born at : Oct. 13, 2021, 4:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 175 different CVEs too.
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Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates

None

Python XSLT

Updated: 1 month ago
17 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : May 22, 2021, 4:29 p.m. This repo has been linked 349 different CVEs too.
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developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

None

Updated: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
33 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 12, 2021, 12:22 p.m. This repo has been linked 1063 different CVEs too.
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Immersive-Labs-Sec/CVE-2021-25281

Chaining CVE-2021-25281 and CVE-2021-25282 to exploit a SaltStack

Python

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
26 stars 9 fork 9 watcher
Born at : Feb. 26, 2021, 12:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

essential templates for kenzer [DEPRECATED]

kenzer vulnerabilities kenzer-templates arpsyndicate

Python Shell Ruby

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
106 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Sept. 18, 2020, 9:03 p.m. This repo has been linked 1653 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-25281 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-25281 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 21, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162058/SaltStack-Salt-API-Unauthenticated-Remote-Command-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 05, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases No Types Assigned https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ No Types Assigned https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/ No Types Assigned https://www.saltstack.com/blog/active-saltstack-cve-announced-2021-jan-21/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-287
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2015.8.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2015.8.11 up to (excluding) 2015.8.13 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.0 up to (excluding) 2016.3.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.5 up to (excluding) 2016.3.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.7 up to (excluding) 2016.3.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.3.9 up to (excluding) 2016.11.3 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.4 up to (excluding) 2016.11.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2016.11.7 up to (excluding) 2016.11.10 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2017.5.0 up to (excluding) 2017.7.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2018.2.0 up to (including) 2018.3.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2019.2.0 up to (excluding) 2019.2.5 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2019.2.6 up to (excluding) 2019.2.8 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3000 up to (excluding) 3000.6 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3001 up to (excluding) 3001.4 *cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3002 up to (excluding) 3002.5
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-25281 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-25281 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

85.92 }} 0.85%

score

0.98631

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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