CVE-2022-22935: SaltStack Salt Improper Authentication via Man in the Middle Attack

CVE-2022-22935 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-03-29

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. A minion authentication denial of service can cause a MiTM attacker to force a minion process to stop by impersonating a master.

Technologies: salt (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2022-22935 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-22935 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2022-22935?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 29 March 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3002.8.
Is there a fix for CVE-2022-22935?
Yes. salt (PyPI): upgrade to 3002.8 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2022-22935?
Check whether you run salt (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • salt (PyPI): upgrade to 3002.8 or later
    pip install "salt>=3002.8"

Affected products

  • salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3002.8

Identifiers

  • CVE-2022-22935
  • GHSA-cvcc-5x92-gmhc
  • PYSEC-2022-172

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