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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.7%, 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
- 71.68% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- saltstack/salt · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 71.7% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releasesThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlMailing 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/202103-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releasesThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.htmlMailing 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/202103-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.