Medium severity · published Jun 13, 2025
CVE-2025-22238
CVE-2025-22238 salt advisory
4.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
SALT · VMware
3006.x before 3006.12; 3007.x before 3007.4 · source: vendor