CVE-2021-25315: opensuse tumbleweed Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-25315 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in opensuse tumbleweed. EPSS estimates a 2.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5Timeline
- 03-03-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
CWE - CWE-287: Improper Authentication vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3; openSUSE Tumbleweed allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via salt without the need to specify valid credentials. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3 salt versions prior to 3002.2-3. openSUSE Tumbleweed salt version 3002.2-2.1 and prior versions. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3 salt versions prior to 3002.2-3. openSUSE Tumbleweed salt version 3002.2-2.1 and prior versions.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
2.29%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.04 pp
From 2.33% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Opensuse1 product
- tumbleweed≥ salt, ≤ 3002.2-2.1
PyPI1 product
- salt< 3002.2
Saltstack1 product
- salt< 3002.2
Suse1 product
- suse linux enterprise server 15 sp 3≥ salt, < 3002.2-3
Ubuntu1 product
- saltAll versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 5 products
References
7 links
- github.com/saltstack/saltPACKAGE