Vulnerability in Saltstack Salt
CVE-2022-22936
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Saltstack Salt
- Saltstack Salt — versions SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/, (Broken Link)
- github.com/saltstack/salt/releases, (Broken Link)
- repo.saltproject.io/ (Product)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-22936?
- CVE-2022-22936 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-29.
- How severe is CVE-2022-22936?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-22936 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.