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CVE-2022-22941

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22941 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting SaltStack Salt versions prior to 3002.8, 3003.4, and 3004.1. This flaw allows an authenticated user, when a Master-of-Masters is configured with a publisher_acl and a syndic master, to bypass intended permissions and execute arbitrary commands on any minion connected to the syndic. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3002, < 3002.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3003, < 3003.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3004, < 3004.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 3003.4
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 3004.1
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: saltFixed in: 3002.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-qcr3-hr2f-6557high

SaltStack Salt Permissions Bypass

Mar 30, 2022

References

github.com / saltstack/salt/releases%2C
Broken Link
repo.saltproject.io
Product
saltproject.io / security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2C
Broken Link
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202310-22
Third Party Advisory