CVE-2022-22934

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Salt Masters do not sign pillar data with the minion’s public key, which can result in attackers substituting arbitrary pillar data.

Published: 2022-03-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-22934 is rated Moderate Risk (44.3/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-22934

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.29% 0.09% -0.20%
2 2025-11-18 0.07% 0.29% +0.22%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-22934

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.5 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-22934

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-22934

GHSA-2q4g-wfm6-5fpm · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — SaltStack Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-22934

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2022-22934: 1 source package rows (salt); 11 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 4. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-22934
gentoo high CVE-2022-22934: 1 GLSA(s) (202310-22), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/salt); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-22934
suse high — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22934/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-22934 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, ignored 5, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-22934

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-22934

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
saltstack salt >= 3002, < 3002.8 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt >= 3003, < 3003.4 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt >= 3004, < 3004.1 cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-22934

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