CVE-2022-22936 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs. File server replies can also be re-played. A sufficient craft attacker could gain root access on minion under certain scenarios.

Published: 2022-03-29

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

SaltStack Salt

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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No data available yet.

Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-5r3f-3m3j-wcj2	SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00108.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

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Subscriptions

Saltstack Salt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

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

Updated: 2025-05-05T16:28:34.495Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-22936

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-29T17:15:15.273

Modified: 2025-05-05T17:17:54.440

Link: CVE-2022-22936

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-294

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