THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-3144
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-3144

Salt vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, eauth tokens can be used once after expiration. (They might be used to run command against the salt master or minions.)
Affected vendor
Saltstack
Affected product
Salt
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration
Published
2021-02-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-3144

  • Confirm whether Saltstack Salt is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-3144.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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