Is salt affected by CVE-2025-22242?

PyPI salt is affected in >=3007.0rc1 =3006.0rc1 <3006.12.

Is CVE-2025-22242 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

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CVE-2025-22242

Q: Is CVE-2025-22242 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

PyPI · salt

Summary

Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation

Severity: medium
EPSS: 0.1% (p2)
Also known as: GHSA-989c-m532-p2hv
Published: 2025-06-13

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22242
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/e39116fb87bf4db9bcb9aade8258c66df87d41fe
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html

Related advisories

CVE-2024-38824 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-16846 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-11651 — critical · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-62349 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-62348 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-22236 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2025-22239 — high · PyPI/salt
CVE-2020-11652 — high · PyPI/salt

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