Incorrect authorization in SaltStack Salt
Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-863Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02062 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed salt (PyPI): 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | SaltStack Salt | SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | salt (PyPI) | before 3002.9 | 3002.9 | Patch available | GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3003.0 to before 3003.5 | 3003.5 | Patch available | GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3004.0 to before 3004.2 | 3004.2 | Patch available | GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj |
- SaltStack Salt Vendor— Affected SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3002.9 Fixed in 3002.9 Patch available GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3003.0 to before 3003.5 Fixed in 3003.5 Patch available GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3004.0 to before 3004.2 Fixed in 3004.2 Patch available GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3002.9 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3003.5 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3004.2 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-22967
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj
References
Advisory 4
Other 5
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release-june-21st-2022/%2C
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/salt/PYSEC-2022-210.yaml
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- https://repo.saltproject.io
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release-june-21st-2022/,
More SaltStack Salt vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-12851 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt through 3002. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09349 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-07530 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-09350 An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2. KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-07531 An issue was discovered in through SaltStack Salt before 3002.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2021-12769 Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-22967 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-22967 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-22967 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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