{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21996","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-02T18:33:09.250201Z","published":"2021-09-08T15:15:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2021-21996"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-21996"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21996"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"salt","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2016.11.5+ds-1","2016.11.8+dfsg1-1","2017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1","2017.7.3+dfsg1-1","2017.7.4+dfsg1-1","2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.1","2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2","2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"salt-api","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"salt-cloud","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"salt-common","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"salt-master","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"},{"binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1","binary_name":"salt-minion"},{"binary_name":"salt-proxy","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"salt-ssh","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"},{"binary_name":"salt-syndic","binary_version":"2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-21996.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}