CVE-2025-22242 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-22242: CVE-2025-22242 salt advisory

Vendor Vmware
Product SALT
Published June 13, 2025
Last update June 17, 2025

CVSS base score

5.6/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Worker process denial of service through file read operation. .A vulnerability exists in the Master's “pub_ret” method which is exposed to all minions. The un-sanitized input value “jid” is used to construct a path which is then opened for reading. An attacker could exploit this vulnerabilities by attempting to read from a filename that will not return any data, e.g. by targeting a pipe node on the proc file system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 13, 2025 CVE published
June 17, 2025 Record updated