Is CVE-2022-22967 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-22967 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-22967?

CVE-2022-22967 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-22967?

CVE-2022-22967 has an EPSS score of 1.88% (77th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-22967?

Upgrade salt to 3004.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-22967

HIGHEPSS 77th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

saltNVD

Affected:>= 3004, < 3004.2Fixed in:3004.2CVE-2022-22967derived 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 VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.88%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

repo.saltproject.io

Third-Party Advisory1

security.gentoo.org

Other references1

saltproject.io

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CVE-2023-22518	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-38035	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-46169	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-29927	Critical	9.1	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-38856	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-36289	Medium	5.3	99%	-	Fix

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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.