Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2025-22238CVE-2025-22238 salt advisory
Medium 4.2
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in SALT from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation. The master's default cache is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. Which could be leveraged to write or overwrite 'cache' files outside of the cache directory.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | salt | 3006.12 | GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585 |
| PyPI | salt | 3007.4 | GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585 |
| PyPI | salt | 3006.12, 3007.4 | PYSEC-2026-1901 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | salt | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22238 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N