CVE-2021-25282

mediumpriority · attend · 78EPSS 0.924 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · weaponized

Likely / severe?

92.4% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 6.4 · medium

Is it mine?

99 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write method is vulnerable to directory traversal.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1

v2.06.4mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 4.9

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.2

v3.19.1criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-22US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/linux/http/saltstack_salt_wheel_async_rceSaltStack Salt API Unauthenticated RCE through wheel_async clientweaponized · metasploit

affected products (99)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SaltStack Saltall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:saltstack:salt:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 33fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 34fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 32fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP5fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15fstec_bduRU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2845SaltStack Salt: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-02-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SaltStack Salt ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
GHSA-76x4-x3p6-rpr9SaltStack Salt Directory Traversal vulnerability2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The `salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write` method is vulnerable to directory traversal.
PYSEC-2021-512021-02-27vendor · osvUS
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. The salt.wheel.pillar_roots.write method is vulnerable to directory traversal.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-02-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (46)

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