CVE-2022-22967
HIGHSaltStack Salt < 3002.9 - Incorrect Authorization for Locked PAM Accounts
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
Product, Vendor Advisory
https://repo.saltproject.io/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0188
EPSS Percentile
76.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (2)
pypi/salt
0 - 3002.9PyPI
saltstack/salt
< 3002.9
Published
Jun 23, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026