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CVE-2025-22238

CVE-2025-22238 salt advisory

MEDIUM
4.2
CVSS Score
Published: June 13, 2025 at 06:58 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSalt

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Severity
MEDIUM4.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Salt· Saltstack
60%
3006.x ≤ v < 3006.123007.x ≤ v < 3007.43006.x3007.x
Affected range stops below 3006.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3007.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
Source: [email protected]
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.2MEDIUMvmware
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-22

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