What is CVE-2022-22941?

CVE-2022-22941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-22941?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Saltstack Salt

CVE-2022-22941

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. When configured as a Master-of-Masters, with a publisher_acl, if a user configured in the publisher_acl targets any minion connected to the Syndic, the Sa…

EPSS: 0.013 (67.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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-2022-22941?: CVE-2022-22941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-22941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.