CVE-2022-22941

mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.013 · 71 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.34% (71st) EPSS

CVSS 6 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6–8.8

v2.06mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 6.4

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-732US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
n/a SaltStack Salt≤ SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1enisa_euvdEU
saltstack salt3002 → 3002.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt3003 → 3003.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt3004 → 3004.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
PyPI salt< 3002.8osvUSpkg:pypi/salt
PyPI salt3003 → 3003.4osvUSpkg:pypi/salt
PyPI salt3004 → 3004.1osvUSpkg:pypi/salt

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2843SaltStack Salt: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-03-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SaltStack Salt ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren, einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen, Privilegien zu erweitern oder beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
GHSA-qcr3-hr2f-6557SaltStack Salt Permissions Bypass2022-03-30ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2022-1742022-03-29vendor · osvUS
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.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-29modified 2026-06-17

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