Salt Minion v>=3007.0 Event Bus Auth Bypass
CVE-2025-22236 Published on June 13, 2025
CVE-2025-22236 salt advisory
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).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-22236 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is an authentification Vulnerability?
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the software does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
CVE-2025-22236 has been classified to as an authentification vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-22236
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Affected Versions
VMware SALT:- Version 3006.x and below 3006.12 is affected.
- Version 3007.x and below 3007.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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