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CVE-2021-25282

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2021-02-27
  • Fixed in3002.5 · 3002.3 · 3001.5 · 3001.4 · 3000.7 · 3000.6
  • WeaknessCWE-22

Am I affected?

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Description

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write method is vulnerable to directory traversal.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2021-02-2705:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Saltstack salt
BranchAffectedFixed in
3002.x≥ 3002, < 3002.53002.5
3002.x≥ 3002, < 3002.33002.3
3001.x≥ 3001, < 3001.53001.5
3001.x≥ 3001, < 3001.43001.4
3000.x≥ 3000, < 3000.73000.7
3000.x≥ 3000, < 3000.63000.6
2019.2≥ 2019.2.6, < 2019.2.82019.2.8
2019.2≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.82019.2.8
2019.2≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.52019.2.5
2019.2≥ 2018.3.0rc1, < 2019.2.0rc12019.2.0rc1
2017.x≥ 2017.5.0, < 2017.7.82017.7.8
2017.7≥ 2017.7.0, < 2017.7.82017.7.8
Debian debian linux
BranchAffectedFixed in
9.0= 9.0no fix published
10.0= 10.0no fix published
11.0= 11.0no fix published
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
32.x= 32no fix published
33.x= 33no fix published
34.x= 34no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • py26-compat-saltSUSE:Manager Server Module 4.1all versions · fixed in 2016.11.10-6.8.1
  • py26-compat-saltSUSE:Manager Server Module 4.0all versions · fixed in 2016.11.10-10.22.1
  • release-notes-susemanagerSUSE:Manager Server 4.1all versions · fixed in 4.1.5.1-3.38.1
  • release-notes-susemanagerSUSE:Manager Server 4.0all versions · fixed in 4.0.12.1-3.68.1
  • release-notes-susemanager-proxySUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1all versions · fixed in 4.1.5.1-3.26.1
  • release-notes-susemanager-proxySUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0all versions · fixed in 4.0.12.1-0.16.52.1
  • release-notes-susemanager-proxySUSE:Manager Proxy 4.1all versions · fixed in 4.1.5.1-3.26.1
  • release-notes-susemanager-proxySUSE:Manager Proxy 4.0all versions · fixed in 4.0.12.1-0.16.52.1

27 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2021-25282 Red Hat Product Security2 known affected

    salt: Directory traversal in wheel.pillar_roots.write

    salt as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 2 · salt-minion as a component of Red Hat Ceph Storage 2

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Saltstack salt to 3002.5 · 3002.3 · 3001.5 · 3001.4 · 3000.7 · 3000.6 · 2019.2.8 · 2019.2.5
  2. No fix planned, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2021-25282 · 2 productsOut of support scope

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/linux/http/saltstack_salt_wheel_async_rcerank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Published
2021-02-27
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-76x4-x3p6-rpr9

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25282?

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write method is vulnerable to directory traversal.

Is CVE-2021-25282 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-25282 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 92.4% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-25282?

CVE-2021-25282 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

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