CVSS 3.1
5.6 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCVE-2025-22241
Medium (5.6). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in salt 3006.12, 3007.4.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 7% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw | PyPI | salt | >=3007.0rc1 <3007.4 | 3007.4 |
| GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw | PyPI | salt | >=3006.0rc1 <3006.12 | 3006.12 |
| PYSEC-2026-1895 | PyPI | salt | >=3007.0rc1 <3007.4 >=3006.0rc1 <3006.12 | 3007.4, 3006.12 |