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PYSEC-2026-1901

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

Details

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.

Severity

4.2 (Medium)


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

Impacted products

Name	purl
salt	pkg:pypi/salt

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        "name": "salt",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/salt"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "3006.0rc1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3006.12"
            },
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            },
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              "fixed": "3007.4"
            }
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      ],
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        "3006.0rc1",
        "3006.0rc2",
        "3006.0rc3",
        "3006.1",
        "3006.10",
        "3006.11",
        "3006.2",
        "3006.3",
        "3006.4",
        "3006.5",
        "3006.6",
        "3006.7",
        "3006.8",
        "3006.9",
        "3007.0",
        "3007.0rc1",
        "3007.1",
        "3007.2",
        "3007.3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-22238",
    "GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585"
  ],
  "details": "Directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation. The master\u0027s default cache is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. Which could be leveraged to write or overwrite \u0027cache\u0027 files outside of the cache directory.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-1901",
  "modified": "2026-07-07T17:25:21.213082Z",
  "published": "2026-07-07T16:02:54.775529Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22238"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/4b30218edf1a979855ea191d72b30c89f4a5a582"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/salt"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation"
}

CVE-2025-22238 (GCVE-0-2025-22238)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-13 06:58 – Updated: 2025-06-13 13:55

Title

CVE-2025-22238 salt advisory

Summary

Severity

4.2 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-06-13 13:54 UTC

CWE

CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Assigner

vmware mitre root

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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                "timestamp": "2025-06-13T13:54:45.480351Z",
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GHSA-R546-H3FF-Q585

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-13 09:30 – Updated: 2025-06-13 21:20

Summary

Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation

Details

Severity

4.2 (Medium)


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

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "salt"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3006.0rc1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3006.12"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "salt"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3007.0rc1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3007.4"
            }
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-13T21:20:12Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-13T07:15:21Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585",
  "modified": "2025-06-13T21:20:12Z",
  "published": "2025-06-13T09:30:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22238"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/4b30218edf1a979855ea191d72b30c89f4a5a582"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/saltstack/salt"
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    }
  ],
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}

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PYSEC-2026-1901

CVE-2025-22238 (GCVE-0-2025-22238)

GHSA-R546-H3FF-Q585

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