{"id":"CVE-2022-22967","aliases":["GHSA-fpxm-fprw-6hxj","PYSEC-2022-210"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22967","summary":"Salt's PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts","details":"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.","published":"2022-06-22T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:30.198162733Z","cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3002.9"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3003.5"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"salt","fixedVersion":"3004.2"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://repo.saltproject.io/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/22xxx/CVE-2022-22967.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22967"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/salt-security-advisory-release-june-21st-2022/%2C"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:30.198162733Z"}}