CVE-2025-22240: CVE-2025-22240 salt advisory

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Arbitrary directory creation or file deletion. In the find_file method of the GitFS class, a path is created using os.path.join using unvalidated input from the “tgt_env” variable. This can be exploited by an attacker to delete any file on the Master's process has permissions to.

Affected products

VMware SALT: from 3006.x before 3006.12; from 3007.x before 3007.4 — fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware SALT 3006.12, 3007.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

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