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CVE-2022-22941

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. When configured as a Master-of-Mast

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.00016
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
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Affected Products & Versions

3
saltstack salt>= 3002 and < 3002.8
saltstack salt>= 3003 and < 3003.4
saltstack salt>= 3004 and < 3004.1
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI salt HIGH fixed in 3002.8
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · security@vmware.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD29 Mar 2022 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

16
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11970-1
suse-csafsuse-fu-2022_2135-1
suse-csafsuse-fu-2022_2042-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2022_1384-1
suse-csafsuse-ru-2022_1385-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2CBroken Link
https://repo.saltproject.io/Product
https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2CBroken Link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
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