CVE-2022-22936

HIGH

SaltStack Salt <3002.8-3004.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs. File server replies can also be re-played. A sufficient craft attacker could gain root access on minion under certain scenarios.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.9%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-294
Status published

Affected Products (2)

saltstack/salt < 3002.8
pypi/salt < 3002.8PyPI

Timeline

Published Mar 29, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026