CVE-2022-22967 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting SaltStack Salt versions prior to 3002.9, 3003.5, and 3004.2. The flaw in the PAM authentication mechanism allows previously authorized but locked user accounts to continue executing Salt commands, impacting both local shell sessions and salt-api users. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3002.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3003, < 3003.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3004, < 3004.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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