# CVE-2022-22967: Salt's PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22967-salt-s-pam-auth-fails-to-reject-locked-accounts  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2022-06-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2022-22967 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2022-06-23

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.

Technologies: [salt (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-salt). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2022-22967 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2022-22967 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2022-22967?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 23 June 2022.

**Which products and versions are affected?** salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3002.9.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2022-22967?** Yes. salt (PyPI): upgrade to 3002.9 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2022-22967?** 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 3002.9 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "salt>=3002.9"
  ```


## Affected products

- salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=3002.9

## Identifiers

- CVE-2022-22967
- GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj
- PYSEC-2022-210

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