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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3148

Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API can result in salt.utils.thin.gen_thin() command injection because of different handling of single versus double quotes.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 8.25%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API can result in salt.utils.thin.gen_thin() command injection because of different handling of single versus double quotes. This is related to salt/utils/thin.py.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
8.25% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-77
Affected
saltstack/salt · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.