Saltstack
CVE-2022-22967
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could bypass authorization checks to access restricted resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Review and test authorization logic, implement consistent access control checks, use centralized authorization framework.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Affects 1 package in pypi
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863), which allows attackers to bypass authorization checks to access restricted resources. 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. Affected products include: Saltstack Salt. Version information: before 3002.9.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
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.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability
In SaltStack Salt through 3002, salt-netapi improperly validates eauth credentials and tokens. Rated critical severity (
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remote
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), th
An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability
SaltStack Salt 2018.3, 2019.2 is affected by: SQL Injection. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is r
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this
In SaltStack Salt 2016.9 through 3002.6, a command injection vulnerability exists in the snapper module that allows for
The salt master in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.11.0 through 0.17.0 does not properly drop group privileges, which makes it ea
Unspecified vulnerability in salt-ssh in Salt (aka SaltStack) 0.17.0 has unspecified impact and vectors related to "inse
Directory traversal vulnerability in minion id validation in SaltStack Salt before 2016.11.7 and 2017.7.x before 2017.7.
win_useradd, salt-cloud and the Linode driver in salt 2015.5.x before 2015.5.6, and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.1 leak passwo
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