CVE-2021-21996

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CVSS 3.1

7.5 high

EPSS

4%p89

Published

Sep 8, 2021 (Sep 8, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: saltstack fedoraproject debian
Products: salt, fedora, debian linux
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (3.5%)

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