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CVE-2022-22936

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-294

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.

Affected products

• VMware SALT: from 3002 before 3002.8; from 3003 before 3003.4; from 3004 before 3004.1 — fixed in 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware SALT 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2C
• https://repo.saltproject.io/
• https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2C
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/releases%2C
• https://repo.saltproject.io/
• https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release/%2C
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22

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