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CVE-2021-25281

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 72.95% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-02-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 72.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2021-25281
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
72.95%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. salt-api does not honor eauth credentials for the wheel_async client. Thus, an attacker can remotely run any wheel modules on the master.

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