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CVE-2025-22241

CVE-2025-22241 salt advisory

Published: Jun 13, 2025Updated: Jun 17, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-22
NVD MITRE
5.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 93.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:HUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

SALTVMware
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / virtualization
saltPyPIOSS Libraries
openSUSE TumbleweedNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
РЕД ОСООО «Ред Софт»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
vmwarecommercialUSCloud & SaaSaka vmware inc
pypipackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
ооо «ред софт»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka red soft
and 21 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
docs.saltproject.io
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
docs.saltproject.io
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22241
nvd.nist.gov
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jun 13, 2025
Last Updated
Jun 17, 2025

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