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CVE-2021-3197

The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 72.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request.

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
72.33% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-74
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.