CVE-2025-22240

CVE-2025-22240 salt advisory

MEDIUM
6.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 13, 2025 at 07:03 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSalt

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Severity
MEDIUM6.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Arbitrary directory creation or file deletion. In the find_file method of the GitFS class, a path is created using os.path.join using unvalidated input from the “tgt_env” variable. This can be exploited by an attacker to delete any file on the Master's process has permissions to.

Affected

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

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.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

6.3MEDIUMvmware
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-22

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