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.
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00000.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2021-02-27
Updated: 2024-11-21
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: Critical
EPSS: 0.05266