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CVE-2022-22967· NVD / CVE Program· CNA vmware

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2.

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 81.2% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: salt (openSUSE:Leap 15.3) 3004-150300.53.24.1; salt (openSUSE:Leap 15.4) 3004-150400.8.8.1; salt (PyPI) 3003.5, 3004.2, 3002.9.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to salt (openSUSE:Leap 15.3) 3004-150300.53.24.1; salt (openSUSE:Leap 15.4) 3004-150400.8.8.1; salt (PyPI) 3003.5, 3004.2, 3002.9 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2. PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts, which allows a previously authorized user whose account is locked still run Salt commands when their account is locked. This affects both local shell accounts with an active session and salt-api users that authenticate via PAM eauth.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 23, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
2.0% · 81th percentile

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Action score

36

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.0%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
saltstacksalt

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • saltstack saltbefore 3002.9
  • saltstack salt3003 and later · before 3003.5
  • saltstack salt3004 and later · before 3004.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (vmware). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • n/a SaltStack Salt

    • SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
openSUSE:Leap 15.3saltbefore 3004-150300.53.24.13004-150300.53.24.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.4saltbefore 3004-150400.8.8.13004-150400.8.8.1
PyPIsaltfrom 3003.0 · before 3003.53003.5
PyPIsaltfrom 3004.0 · before 3004.23004.2
PyPIsaltbefore 3002.93002.9
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOSsaltbefore 3004-150100.71.13004-150100.71.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOSsaltbefore 3004-150200.72.13004-150200.72.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOSsaltbefore 3004-150000.8.41.40.13004-150000.8.41.40.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3saltbefore 3004-150300.53.24.13004-150300.53.24.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4saltbefore 3004-150400.8.8.13004-150400.8.8.1
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12saltbefore 3000-65.13000-65.1
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12venv-salt-minionbefore 3004-3.11.13004-3.11.1
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15venv-salt-minionbefore 3004-150000.3.11.13004-150000.3.11.1

Same product

saltstack: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-16846An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002.KEV
    99Now
  • CVE-2020-11651An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2.KEV
    98Now
  • CVE-2020-11652An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2.KEV
    82Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-22936Mar 29, 2022 · An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1.
    35Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-22941Mar 29, 2022 · An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1.
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2021-33226Feb 17, 2023 · Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via the func variable in salt/salt/mo
    39Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
opensuse:salt3004-150300.53.24.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3002.9Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3003.5Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:salt3004.2Package registry (OSV)
suse:salt3000-65.1 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12Package registry (OSV)
suse:salt3004-150300.53.24.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3Package registry (OSV)
suse:venv-salt-minion3004-150000.3.11.1 · SUSE:Manager Client Tools 15Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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