CVE-2022-22967
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.12%). 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 3002.9, 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.12% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- saltstack/salt
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
- https://repo.saltproject.io/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release-june-21st-2022/%2CBroken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
- https://repo.saltproject.io/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release-june-21st-2022/%2CBroken Link
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.