{"id":"CVE-2021-21996","aliases":["GHSA-pf7h-h2wq-m7pg","PYSEC-2021-318"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21996","summary":"Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in salt","details":"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.","published":"2021-09-08T15:15:12.670Z","modified":"2026-07-08T05:57:31.049278658Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.03514,"percentile":0.88328,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3003.3"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00017.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00019.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T05:57:31.049278658Z"}}