🛡️ CVE-2021-25284 — salt

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-312 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

SaltStack Salt Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information via cmdmod

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt.modules.cmdmod can log credentials to the info or error log level.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-25284 is classified as CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. Sensitive values are written to storage unencrypted and readable by anyone with access to it.

Affected software

CVE-2021-25284 is recorded against 1 package.

  • salt (from 3002 up to 3002.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 24 May 2022 and last revised on 23 October 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
www.debian.org (Web)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
security.gentoo.org (Web)
saltproject.io (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-312
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-24
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-10-23
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
salt 3002 3002.3

References

Similar Threats

Free Vulnerability Check

Is your site affected by CVE-2021-25284?

BotEraser helps you identify potentially vulnerable plugins and themes by checking your installation against CVE-2021-25284 and other known CVE records.

Scan My Site Free →

No credit card required  ·  Results in minutes

ⓘ Data Notice: The information presented above has been compiled from publicly available internet sources. Boteraser aggregates this data solely for informational purposes and does not independently classify, evaluate, or endorse any findings about the vulnerabilities listed. The accuracy and completeness of this information is the sole responsibility of the original publishers. Boteraser and its operators accept no liability for any decisions made based on this data.