CVE-2022-22967
Salt's PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
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.
How to fix CVE-2022-22967
To remediate CVE-2022-22967, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3002.9 or later
- —upgrade to 3002.9 or later
Is CVE-2022-22967 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3002.9
- from 0, < 3002.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |