{"cve":"CVE-2021-21996","nvd":{"published":"2021-09-08T15:15:12.670","modified":"2026-06-17T03:36:31.510","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.html","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.html","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/","https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora","saltstack:salt"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:23:41.316049955+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-21996","score":0.03514,"percentile":0.89211,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pf7h-h2wq-m7pg","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pf7h-h2wq-m7pg","summary":"Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in salt","modified":"2024-10-22T15:01:57.512412Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<3003.3"],"fixed":["3003.3"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2021-318","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2021-318","summary":"","modified":"2023-11-08T04:04:53.223395Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","ranges":["<3003.3"],"fixed":["3003.3"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}