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PYSEC-2026-1896

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-07 16:02 - Updated: 2026-07-07 17:25

Details

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.

Severity

5.6 (Medium)


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

Impacted products

Name	purl
salt	pkg:pypi/salt

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        "3006.6",
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    "GHSA-989c-m532-p2hv"
  ],
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  "id": "PYSEC-2026-1896",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T17:25:20.774683Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T16:02:55.170211Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22242"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/e39116fb87bf4db9bcb9aade8258c66df87d41fe"
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "Salt\u0027s worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation"
}

CVE-2025-22242 (GCVE-0-2025-22242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-13 07:08 – Updated: 2025-06-17 17:25

Title

CVE-2025-22242 salt advisory

Summary

Severity

5.6 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Assigner

vmware

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releas…
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releas…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
VMware	SALT	Affected: 3006.x , < 3006.12 (lts) Affected: 3007.x , < 3007.4 (sts)

Date Public

2025-06-12 07:33

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GHSA-989C-M532-P2HV

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-13 09:30 – Updated: 2025-06-13 21:57

Summary

Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation

Details

Severity

5.6 (Medium)


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

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        "name": "salt"
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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-13T07:15:21Z",
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  "modified": "2025-06-13T21:57:41Z",
  "published": "2025-06-13T09:30:34Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22242"
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      "type": "WEB",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2026-1896

CVE-2025-22242 (GCVE-0-2025-22242)

GHSA-989C-M532-P2HV

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