CVE-2022-22941: Salt SaltStack Salt Permissions Bypass Vulnerability
HIGHCVE-2022-22941 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) saltstack salt permissions bypass vulnerability (CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) affecting Salt libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves saltstack salt permissions bypass. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1.
CVE-2022-22941 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 8.8
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2022-22941
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Salt dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
pip install salt>=3002.8pip install salt>=3003.4pip install salt>=3004.1Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
pip show saltHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Python environment is affected by CVE-2022-22941, inspect your installed packages using pip:
pip show saltAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Salt in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 3002.8), your application is affected.
Note: The pip show salt command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource, where the product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. In Salt, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2022-22941 Affected Salt Versions
3 component(s)References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-qcr3-hr2f-6557",
"modified" : "2024-10-22T14:50:15Z",
"published" : "2022-03-30T00:00:20Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2022-22941" ],
"summary" : "SaltStack Salt Permissions Bypass",
"details" : "An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. When configured as a Master-of-Masters, with a publisher_acl, if a user configured in the publisher_acl targets any minion connected to the Syndic, the Salt Master incorrectly interpreted no valid targets as valid, allowing configured users to target any of the minions connected to the syndic with their configured commands. This requires a syndic master combined with publisher_acl configured on the Master-of-Masters, allowing users specified in the publisher_acl to bypass permissions, publishing authorized commands to any configured minion.",
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