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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-22934

Salt Masters do not sign pillar data with the minion’s public key, which can result in attackers substituting arbitrary pillar data.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.88%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Salt Masters do not sign pillar data with the minion’s public key, which can result in attackers substituting arbitrary pillar data.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.88% probability · 57th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
saltstack/salt
Source
security@vmware.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.