CVE-2022-22936
Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.83%). 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. Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs. File server replies can also be re-played. A sufficient craft attacker could gain root access on minion under certain scenarios.
- 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
- 0.83% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-294
- Affected
- saltstack/salt
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
- 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.