4.2

CVE-2025-22238: vmware salt Path Traversal

CVSS: 4.2v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-r546-h3ff-q585PYSEC-2026-1901UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22238
Published 13-06-2025Last modified 13-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22238 is a medium (CVSS 4.2) Path Traversal vulnerability in vmware salt. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.2/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 12
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15295-1SUSE-EL-9-CLIENT-TOOLS-2025-2499SUSE-SU-2025:02476-1SUSE-SU-2025:02491-1SUSE-SU-2025:02492-1SUSE-SU-2025:02499-1

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 13-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.29% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

PyPI1 product
  • salt≥ 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12 | ≥ 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • saltAll versions (No fix recorded)
Vmware1 product
  • salt≥ 3006.x, < 3006.12 | ≥ 3007.x, < 3007.4

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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