Add vpatch-CVE-2021-25281 rule and test #1630
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This rule detects exploitation attempts for CVE-2021-25281, an authentication bypass in SaltStack Salt's API. The vulnerability is triggered when an unauthenticated attacker sends a POST request to the
/runendpoint with a JSON body where theclientparameter is set towheel_async. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary wheel modules without proper authentication./runendpoint, using a case-insensitive comparison (lowercasetransform andequalsmatch).clientparameter (using thejson.clientvariable in theBODY_ARGSzone) and checks if its value is exactlywheel_async, again with alowercasetransform for normalization.Validation checklist:
value:fields are lowercase.lowercase.match.valuecontains capital letters.equalsfor exact matches andcontainswhere appropriate (not needed here).andandorin the same rule.