CVE-2025-22239 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Arbitrary event injection on Salt Master. The master's "_minion_event" method can be used by and authorized minion to send arbitrary events onto the master's event bus.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00025.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0002}`	epss `{'score': 0.00024}`

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-285
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Arbitrary event injection on Salt Master. The master's "_minion_event" method can be used by and authorized minion to send arbitrary events onto the master's event bus.
Title		CVE-2025-22239 salt advisory
References		https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2025-06-13T07:00:53.681Z

Updated: 2025-06-13T13:53:14.907Z

Reserved: 2025-01-02T04:30:06.833Z

Link: CVE-2025-22239

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-13T13:51:28.177Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-06-13T07:15:21.290

Modified: 2025-06-16T12:32:18.840

Link: CVE-2025-22239

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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