CVE-2025-22238 salt advisory
Priority LOW 19CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00291 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed SALT (VMware): 3006.12, 3007.4salt (PyPI): 3006.12, 3007.4
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | SALT | 3006.x to before 3006.12; 3007.x to before 3007.4 | 3006.12, 3007.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3006.0rc1 to before 3006.12 | 3006.12 | Patch available | GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3007.0rc1 to before 3007.4 | 3007.4 | Patch available | GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585 |
- SALT VendorVMware Affected 3006.x to before 3006.12; 3007.x to before 3007.4 Fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4 Patch available CNA
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3006.0rc1 to before 3006.12 Fixed in 3006.12 Patch available GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3007.0rc1 to before 3007.4 Fixed in 3007.4 Patch available GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SALT (VMware) Fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4
- Fix · GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3006.12 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3007.4 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
VMware SALT 3006.12, 3007.4
11 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-26051 CVE-2024-38824 salt advisoryPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2025-16146 CVE-2025-22236 salt advisoryPriority LOW 36
- TI-2025-16149 CVE-2025-22239 salt advisoryPriority LOW 34
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-22238
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585
References
More VMware vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-42442 vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26040 Privilege escalation in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-26039 Heap-overflow in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-24610 Out-of-bounds write in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-16914 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-22238 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-22238 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-22238 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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