gsd-2021-22004
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
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.
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CVE-2021-22004


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    "description": "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.",
    "id": "GSD-2021-22004",
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