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CVE-2022-22967
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2. PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts, which…
High8.8EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2. PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts, which allows a previously authorized user whose account is locked still run Salt commands when their account is locked. This affects both local shell accounts with an active session and salt-api users that authenticate via PAM eauth.
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)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts.
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-863 and its CVEs
Affected products
SaltStack Salt
- affected SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (3)
- https://repo.saltproject.io/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release-june-21st-2022/%2C (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-fpxm-fprw-6hxj (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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