{"id":"CVE-2021-3148","aliases":["GHSA-ghc2-hx3w-jqmp","PYSEC-2021-55"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3148","summary":"SaltStack Salt command injection in the Salt-API when using the Salt-SSH client","details":"An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Sending crafted web requests to the Salt API can result in salt.utils.thin.gen_thin() command injection because of different handling of single versus double quotes. This is related to salt/utils/thin.py.","published":"2021-02-27T05:15:14.190Z","modified":"2026-07-08T06:02:32.760709840Z","cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.08246,"percentile":0.94551,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2015.8.13"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2016.11.5"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2016.11.10"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2017.7.8"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":null},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"2019.2.8"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3000.7"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3001.5"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3002.3"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T06:02:32.760709840Z"}}