CVE-2021-3197
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-02-27
- Fixed in3002.5 · 3002.3 · 3001.5 · 3001.4 · 3000.7 · 3000.6
- WeaknessCWE-74
Am I affected?
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Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt-api's ssh client is vulnerable to a shell injection by including ProxyCommand in an argument, or via ssh_options provided in an API request.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-02-2705:15CVE publishedNVD
- 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-3197?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2021-3197?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD · OSV| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3002.x | ≥ 3002, < 3002.5 | 3002.5 | NVD · OSV |
| 3002.x | ≥ 3002, < 3002.3 | 3002.3 | OSV |
| 3001.x | ≥ 3001, < 3001.5 | 3001.5 | OSV |
| 3001.x | ≥ 3001, < 3001.4 | 3001.4 | NVD · OSV |
| 3000.x | ≥ 3000, < 3000.7 | 3000.7 | OSV |
| 3000.x | ≥ 3000, < 3000.6 | 3000.6 | NVD · OSV |
| 2019.2 | ≥ 2019.2.6, < 2019.2.8 | 2019.2.8 | NVD · OSV |
| 2019.2 | ≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.8 | 2019.2.8 | OSV |
| 2019.2 | ≥ 2019.2.0, < 2019.2.5 | 2019.2.5 | NVD · OSV |
| 2019.2 | ≥ 2018.3.0rc1, < 2019.2.0rc1 | 2019.2.0rc1 | OSV |
| 2017.x | ≥ 2017.5.0, < 2017.7.8 | 2017.7.8 | NVD · OSV |
| 2017.7 | ≥ 2017.7.0, < 2017.7.8 | 2017.7.8 | OSV |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | = 9.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 10.0 | = 10.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 11.0 | = 11.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32.x | = 32 | no fix published | NVD |
| 33.x | = 33 | no fix published | NVD |
| 34.x | = 34 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Fix
- Update Saltstack salt to 3002.5 · 3002.3 · 3001.5 · 3001.4 · 3000.7 · 3000.6 · 2019.2.8 · 2019.2.5
Advisories and patches
- saltproject.ioVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-74read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score71.7 %read 2026-10-23
- OSVaffected packages—
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2021-02-27
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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