Is CVE-2022-22936 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-22936 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-22936?

CVE-2022-22936 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-22936?

CVE-2022-22936 has an EPSS score of 0.81% (52th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22936?

Upgrade salt to 3004.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-22936

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs. File server replies can also be re-played. A sufficient craft attacker could gain root access on minion under certain scenarios.

CWE-294

How to fix

Remediation Available

saltNVD

Affected:>= 3004, < 3004.1Fixed in:3004.1CVE-2022-22936derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.81%probability of exploitation in 30 days

52ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 52% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

security.gentoo.org

Product1

repo.saltproject.io

Other references2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-05.