CVE-2025-22238

Published: Jun 13, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

4.2

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 0.6 / Impact: 3.6

Source: security@vmware.com (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (2)

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

Source: security@vmware.com

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

Source: security@vmware.com

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