Bug 2041836 (CVE-2021-22004)

Summary:	CVE-2021-22004 salt: allows malacious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	amctagga, anharris, bniver, brycel, david-dm.murphy, flucifre, frederic, gmeno, hvyas, kp, mbenjamin, mhackett, sostapov, vereddy
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Doc Text:	An improper authentication flaw was found in SaltStack salt before version 3003.3. The Salt minion installer accepts and uses a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This flaw allows a malicious actor to subvert the proper behavior of the given minion software.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2041844

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2022-01-18 11:08:18 UTC

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software.

https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/

Comment 1 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-02-02 18:31:53 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-22004

Comment 2 msiddiqu 2022-03-04 10:28:30 UTC

References: 
 
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/