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CVE-2021-3197

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 72.3% (pctl 99)

Patch early

EPSS 72.3% — above the 10% action threshold.

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS72.33% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-74
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2021-02-27
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (3)

VendorProduct
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
saltstacksalt

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD