4.3

CVE-2022-22935: saltstack salt Improper Authentication

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-cvcc-5x92-gmhcPYSEC-2022-172UBUNTU-CVE-2022-22935
Published 29-03-2022Last modified 05-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-22935 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Authentication vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 1.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.62%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 14
OPENSUSE-SU-2022:1059-1SUSE-FU-2022:2042-1SUSE-FU-2022:2135-1SUSE-RU-2022:1385-1SUSE-RU-2022:1389-1SUSE-RU-2022:1391-1

Timeline

  1. 29-03-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. A minion authentication denial of service can cause a MiTM attacker to force a minion process to stop by impersonating a master.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.62% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

PyPI1 product
  • salt≥ 3003, < 3003.4 | ≥ 3004, < 3004.1 | < 3002.8
Saltstack1 product
  • salt≥ 3002, < 3002.8 | ≥ 3003, < 3003.4 | ≥ 3004, < 3004.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • saltAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

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