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CVE-2022-22935 (GCVE-0-2022-22935)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-29 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:28
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
3.7 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-23 13:21 UTC
CWE
  • Minion authentication denial of service
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a SaltStack Salt Affected: SaltStack Salt prior to 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1
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