Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2025-22241CVE-2025-22241 salt advisory
Medium 5.6
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 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
File contents overwrite the VirtKey class is called when “on-demand pillar” data is requested and uses un-validated input to create paths to the “pki directory”. The functionality is used to auto-accept Minion authentication keys based on a pre-placed “authorization file” at a specific location and is present in the default configuration.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | salt | 3007.4 | GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw |
| PyPI | salt | 3006.12 | GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw |
| PyPI | salt | 3006.12, 3007.4 | PYSEC-2026-1895 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | salt | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22241 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N