CVE-2022-22935 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. A minion authentication denial of service can cause a MiTM attacker to force a minion process to stop by impersonating a master.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00073.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Saltstack	Salt

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt::::::::
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	cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-cvcc-5x92-gmhc	SaltStack Salt Improper Authentication via Man in the Middle Attack

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2C
https://repo.saltproject.io/
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2C
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2022-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:28:44.531Z

Reserved: 2022-01-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-22935

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-29T17:15:15.220

Modified: 2025-05-05T17:17:54.170

Link: CVE-2022-22935

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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