Security advisory

{
  "id": "16c407e22177a2b6bd6cb8cb549d038129966b239e41d891f55f5dba47df9d04",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-33226",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-33226",
    "summary": "Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the func variable in salt/salt/modules/status.py file. NOTE: this is disputed by third parties because an attacker cannot influence the eval input",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-33226",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-33226",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-33226",
        "PYSEC-2023-47"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6fa95b058b9d999c23dff5eb2ba4127aa2dc8b71"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3003"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3003_docs",
            "v3003",
            "v3003rc1",
            "v3002.2",
            "v3002",
            "v3002rc1",
            "v3001.1",
            "v3001",
            "v3001rc1",
            "v3000.1",
            "v3000_docs",
            "v3000",
            "v3000.0rc1",
            "v3000.0rc2",
            "v2019.2.1",
            "v2019.2.1rc1",
            "v2019.2",
            "v2018.11",
            "v2017.7",
            "v2017.5",
            "v2018.3",
            "v2018.2",
            "v2016.9",
            "v2016.11",
            "v2016.3",
            "v2015.8",
            "v2015.5",
            "v2015.2",
            "v2014.7",
            "v2014.1",
            "v0.17",
            "v0.16",
            "v0.15.0",
            "v0.14.0",
            "v0.13.0",
            "v0.12.0",
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.5",
            "v0.10.4",
            "v0.10.3",
            "v0.10.2",
            "v0.10.1",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.9.9",
            "v0.9.3",
            "v0.9.2",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.9",
            "v0.8.7",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-33226.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:53:46.841667063Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1208473",
        "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/master/salt/modules/status.py"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-33226",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 384617,
  "published_at": "2023-02-17T18:15:11.083+00:00"
}