Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2025-22239CVE-2025-22239 salt advisory

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Arbitrary event injection on Salt Master. The master's "_minion_event" method can be used by and authorized minion to send arbitrary events onto the master's event bus.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPIsalt3006.12GHSA-c46w-gr7f-jm2p
PyPIsalt3007.4GHSA-c46w-gr7f-jm2p
PyPIsalt3006.12, 3007.4PYSEC-2026-1897
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsaltno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-22239

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
VMware SALT 3006.x – before 3006.123007.x – before 3007.4

Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

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