Is CVE-2021-25282 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-25282 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-25282?

CVE-2021-25282 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-25282?

CVE-2021-25282 has an EPSS score of 92.31% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25282?

Upgrade salt on ubuntu 16.04 to 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-25282

CRITICALEPSS 100th pctl

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

saltUbuntu

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2USN-6948-1

Fixed in:2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1USN-6948-1

salt-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2USN-6948-1

Fixed in:2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1USN-6948-1

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

92.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

packetstormsecurity.com

Vendor Advisory1

saltproject.io

Third-Party Advisory9

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CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
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