CVE-2025-22241Medium· 5.6▾ SunlitSalt's file contents overwrite the VirtKey class
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 30.8 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 8.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via OSV
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.2%
0.2% → 0.2%
File 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.
salt >= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4salt >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12Upgrade to a patched release:
salt 3007.4salt 3006.12Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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