CVE-2025-22239 CVE-2025-22239 salt advisory
Authorized minions can inject arbitrary events into the Salt Master event bus, potentially leading to code execution or 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-2025-22239?
CVE-2025-22239 is a high-severity missing authorization 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22239?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.12, 3007.4 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.12 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.12 |
salt PyPI | From 3007.0rc1 | 3007.4 |
salt PyPI | From 3007.0rc1 | 3007.4 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-22239?
Upgrade salt to a fixed version for your release line: 3006.12 or 3007.4.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-22239 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22239 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c46w-gr7f-jm2p, PYSEC-2026-1897, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22239.