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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-22239

Arbitrary event injection on Salt Master.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Arbitrary event injection on Salt Master. The master's "_minion_event" method can be used by and authorized minion to send arbitrary events onto the master's event bus.

CVSS 3.1
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS
0.17% probability · 6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-285
Source
security@vmware.com

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