Is salt affected by CVE-2025-22238?

PyPI salt is affected in >=3006.0rc1 =3007.0rc1 <3007.4.

Is CVE-2025-22238 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

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CVE-2025-22238

Q: Is CVE-2025-22238 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.3%.

PyPI · salt

Summary

Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation

Severity: medium
EPSS: 0.3% (p18)
Also known as: GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585
Published: 2025-06-13

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22238
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/4b30218edf1a979855ea191d72b30c89f4a5a582
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html

Related advisories

CVE-2024-38824 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-16846 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-11651 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-62349 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-62348 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-22236 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-22239 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-11652 — high · PyPI/salt

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