CVE-2022-22941: saltstack salt
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-22941 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in saltstack salt. EPSS estimates a 1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 15 · Related 15Timeline
- 29-03-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-05-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
71%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
-0.01 pp
From 1.35% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected 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
References
17 links- github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2CBroken Link
- github.com/saltstack/saltPACKAGE