CVE-2025-22242

CVE-2025-22242 salt advisory

Published Jun 13, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-18248 Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-989c-m532-p2hv Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation
History
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00026}

epss

{'score': 0.00032}

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Weaknesses CWE-400
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description 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.
Title CVE-2025-22242 salt advisory
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'}

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Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
vmware
Published
Updated
Jun 17, 2025, 5:25 PM
Reserved
Jan 2, 2025, 4:30 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 13, 2025, 7:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:45 AM