{"id":"CVE-2025-22240","aliases":["GHSA-xh32-3m67-qjgf","PYSEC-2026-1903"],"title":"Salt allows arbitrary directory creation or file deletion","summary":"Salt allows arbitrary directory creation or file deletion","severity":"medium","cvss":6.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"salt","product":"salt","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["salt >= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4","salt >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12"],"patched":["salt 3007.4","salt 3006.12"],"published":"2025-06-13","updated":"2026-07-07","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-xh32-3m67-qjgf","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22240"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/f7c28ffbf18dbf693a15b1ba9493918de3e88cf3"},{"url":"https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html"},{"url":"https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.00163,"epssPercentile":0.05955,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:54.189Z","slug":"CVE-2025-22240","body":"## Overview\n\nArbitrary directory creation or file deletion. In the find_file method of the GitFS class, a path is created using os.path.join using unvalidated input from the “tgt_env” variable. This can be exploited by an attacker to delete any file on the Master's process has permissions to.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `salt >= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4`\n- `salt >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `salt 3007.4`\n- `salt 3006.12`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":35,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":34.7,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}