CVE-2025-22236 CVE-2025-22236 salt advisory
An attacker with a minion key can bypass authorization to execute jobs on other minions, leading to potential code execution and privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-22236?
CVE-2025-22236 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in VMware SALT, published on 13 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Minion event bus authorization bypass. An attacker with access to a minion key can craft a message which may be able to execute a job on other minions (>= 3007.0).
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22236?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
salt PyPI | From 3006.0 | 3006.12, 3007.4 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0 | 3006.12 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0 | 3006.12 |
salt PyPI | From 3007.0 | 3007.4 |
salt PyPI | From 3007.0 | 3007.4 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-22236?
Upgrade salt to a fixed version for your release line: 3006.12 or 3007.4.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-22236 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22236 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jh7c-xh74-h76f, PYSEC-2026-1899, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22236.