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.

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 ol…

EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Saltstack Salt
N/a Saltstack Salt — versions SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-294 — Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

security@vmware.com (Broken Link)
security@vmware.com (Broken Link)
security@vmware.com (Product)
security@vmware.com (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.