Ansible Minion File Cache: Directory Traversal in Cache Creation
CVE-2025-22238 Published on June 13, 2025
CVE-2025-22238 salt advisory
Directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation. The master's default cache is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. Which could be leveraged to write or overwrite 'cache' files outside of the cache directory.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-22238 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and 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 no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2025-22238 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-22238
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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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