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…
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Description
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 Salt Master incorrectly interpreted no valid targets as valid, allowing configured users to target any of the minions connected to the syndic with their configured commands. This requires a syndic master combined with publisher_acl configured on the Master-of-Masters, allowing users specified in the publisher_acl to bypass permissions, publishing authorized commands to any configured minion.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Salt Master allows configured users to target any of the minions connected to the syndic with their configured commands
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-732 and its CVEs
Affected products
SaltStack Salt
- affected SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (4)
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2C (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2C (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://repo.saltproject.io/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- GLSA-202310-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qcr3-hr2f-6557 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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