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Vulnerability details: VCID-r4b7-j6au-fucm
Vulnerability ID VCID-r4b7-j6au-fucm
Aliases CVE-2025-22241
GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw
Summary Salt's file contents overwrite the VirtKey class File contents overwrite the VirtKey class is called when “on-demand pillar” data is requested and uses un-validated input to create paths to the “pki directory”. The functionality is used to auto-accept Minion authentication keys based on a pre-placed “authorization file” at a specific location and is present in the default configuration.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00141 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-22241
epss 0.00141 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-22241
epss 0.00141 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-22241
cvssv3.1 5.6 https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
ssvc Track https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
cvssv3.1 5.6 https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
ssvc Track https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
cvssv3.1 5.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 5.6 https://github.com/saltstack/salt
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/saltstack/salt
cvssv3.1 5.6 https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f
cvssv3.1 5.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22241
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22241
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-22241
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/saltstack/salt
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f
CVE-2025-22241 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22241
GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-13T15:24:21Z/ Found at https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-13T15:24:21Z/ Found at https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/saltstack/salt
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22241
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.33953
EPSS Score 0.00141
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T16:24:12.874570+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/salt/CVE-2025-22241.yml 38.6.0