{"id":"CVE-2025-22241","aliases":["GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw","PYSEC-2026-1895"],"title":"Salt's file contents overwrite the VirtKey class","summary":"Salt's file contents overwrite the VirtKey class","severity":"medium","cvss":5.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","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-7f3f-x5f5-79gw","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22241"},{"url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f"},{"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":0.00183,"epssPercentile":0.08127,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:46.984Z","slug":"CVE-2025-22241","body":"## Overview\n\nFile contents overwrite the VirtKey class is called when “on-demand pillar” data is requested and uses un-validated input to create paths to the “pki directory”. The functionality is used to auto-accept Minion authentication keys based on a pre-placed “authorization file” at a specific location and is present in the default configuration.\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":31,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}