Critical severity · published Feb 17, 2023
CVE-2021-33226
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the func variable in salt/salt/modules/status.py file
9.8
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the func variable in salt/salt/modules/status.py file. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because an attacker cannot influence the eval input
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
Salt · Saltstack
through 3003 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33226
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-33226
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208473
Exploit
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/master/salt/modules/status.py
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