id: PYSEC-2021-346
details: 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.
aliases:
- CVE-2021-22004
- GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57
modified: '2022-06-21T15:53:31.228842Z'
published: '2021-09-08T15:15:00Z'
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-2021-sep-02/
- type: WEB
  url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MBAHHSGZLEJRCG4DX6J4RBWJAAWH55RQ/
- type: WEB
  url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ACVT7M4YLZRLWWQ6SGRK3C6TOF4FXOXT/
- type: WEB
  url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6BUWUF5VTENNP2ZYZBVFKPSUHLKLUBD5/
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf37-qcvf-7m57
affected:
- package:
    name: salt
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/salt
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: '0'
    - fixed: '3003.3'
  versions:
  - 0.10.0
  - 0.10.1
  - 0.10.2
  - 0.10.3
  - 0.10.4
  - 0.10.5
  - 0.11.0
  - 0.11.1
  - 0.12.0
  - 0.12.1
  - 0.13.0
  - 0.13.1
  - 0.13.2
  - 0.13.3
  - 0.14.0
  - 0.14.1
  - 0.15.0
  - 0.15.1
  - 0.15.2
  - 0.15.3
  - 0.15.90
  - 0.16.0
  - 0.16.1
  - 0.16.2
  - 0.16.3
  - 0.16.4
  - 0.17.0
  - 0.17.0rc1
  - 0.17.1
  - 0.17.2
  - 0.17.3
  - 0.17.4
  - 0.17.5
  - 0.8.7
  - 0.8.9
  - 0.9.0
  - 0.9.1
  - 0.9.2
  - 0.9.3
  - 0.9.4
  - 0.9.5
  - 0.9.6
  - 0.9.7
  - 0.9.8
  - 0.9.9
  - 0.9.9.1
  - 2014.1.0
  - 2014.1.0rc1
  - 2014.1.0rc2
  - 2014.1.0rc3
  - 2014.1.1
  - 2014.1.10
  - 2014.1.11
  - 2014.1.12
  - 2014.1.13
  - 2014.1.2
  - 2014.1.3
  - 2014.1.4
  - 2014.1.5
  - 2014.1.6
  - 2014.1.7
  - 2014.1.8
  - 2014.1.9
  - 2014.7.0
  - 2014.7.0rc1
  - 2014.7.0rc2
  - 2014.7.0rc3
  - 2014.7.0rc4
  - 2014.7.0rc5
  - 2014.7.0rc6
  - 2014.7.0rc7
  - 2014.7.1
  - 2014.7.2
  - 2014.7.3
  - 2014.7.4
  - 2014.7.5
  - 2014.7.6
  - 2014.7.7
  - 2015.2.0rc1
  - 2015.2.0rc2
  - 2015.5.0
  - 2015.5.1
  - 2015.5.10
  - 2015.5.11
  - 2015.5.2
  - 2015.5.3
  - 2015.5.4
  - 2015.5.5
  - 2015.5.6
  - 2015.5.7
  - 2015.5.8
  - 2015.5.9
  - 2015.8.0
  - 2015.8.0rc1
  - 2015.8.0rc2
  - 2015.8.0rc3
  - 2015.8.0rc4
  - 2015.8.0rc5
  - 2015.8.1
  - 2015.8.10
  - 2015.8.11
  - 2015.8.12
  - 2015.8.13
  - 2015.8.2
  - 2015.8.3
  - 2015.8.4
  - 2015.8.5
  - 2015.8.7
  - 2015.8.8
  - 2015.8.8.2
  - 2015.8.9
  - 2016.11.0
  - 2016.11.0rc1
  - 2016.11.0rc2
  - 2016.11.1
  - 2016.11.10
  - 2016.11.2
  - 2016.11.3
  - 2016.11.4
  - 2016.11.5
  - 2016.11.6
  - 2016.11.7
  - 2016.11.8
  - 2016.11.9
  - 2016.3.0
  - 2016.3.0rc2
  - 2016.3.0rc3
  - 2016.3.1
  - 2016.3.2
  - 2016.3.3
  - 2016.3.4
  - 2016.3.5
  - 2016.3.6
  - 2016.3.7
  - 2016.3.8
  - 2017.7.0
  - 2017.7.0rc1
  - 2017.7.1
  - 2017.7.2
  - 2017.7.3
  - 2017.7.4
  - 2017.7.5
  - 2017.7.6
  - 2017.7.7
  - 2017.7.8
  - 2018.3.0
  - 2018.3.0rc1
  - 2018.3.1
  - 2018.3.2
  - 2018.3.3
  - 2018.3.4
  - 2018.3.5
  - 2019.2.0
  - 2019.2.0rc1
  - 2019.2.0rc2
  - 2019.2.1
  - 2019.2.2
  - 2019.2.3
  - 2019.2.4
  - 2019.2.5
  - 2019.2.6
  - 2019.2.7
  - 2019.2.8
  - '3000'
  - 3000.0.0rc1
  - 3000.0.0rc2
  - '3000.1'
  - '3000.2'
  - '3000.3'
  - '3000.4'
  - '3000.5'
  - '3000.6'
  - '3000.7'
  - '3000.8'
  - '3000.9'
  - '3001'
  - '3001.1'
  - '3001.2'
  - '3001.3'
  - '3001.4'
  - '3001.5'
  - '3001.6'
  - '3001.7'
  - '3001.8'
  - 3001rc1
  - '3002'
  - '3002.1'
  - '3002.2'
  - '3002.3'
  - '3002.4'
  - '3002.5'
  - '3002.6'
  - '3002.7'
  - 3002rc1
  - '3003'
  - '3003.1'
  - '3003.2'
  - 3003rc1
  - '3002.8'
  - '3002.9'