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CVE-2025-22238

Directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation.

MEDIUM 4.2EPSS 0.29%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 3.1: 4.2 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-22
Source: security@vmware.com

References

https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.