VDB-312477 · CVE-2025-22241 · EUVD-2025-18249

VMware SALT prior 3006.12/3007.4 VirtKey improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in VMware SALT. Affected by this vulnerability is the function VirtKey. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2025-22241. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware SALT. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function VirtKey. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at docs.saltproject.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-22241 since 01/02/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240193 (Fedora 43 : salt (2025-551aed076e)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3006.12 or 3007.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (240193) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-18249). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Vendor

VMware

Name

SALT

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.vmware.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.9
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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CNA Base Score: 5.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 240193
Nessus Name: Fedora 43 : salt (2025-551aed076e)

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: SALT 3006.12/3007.4

Timelineinfo

01/02/2025 🔍
06/13/2025 +161 days 🔍
06/13/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/20/2025 +7 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: docs.saltproject.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-22241 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-22241
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312477
EUVD: 🔍
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2025 11:19
Updated: 06/20/2025 11:13
Changes: 06/13/2025 11:19 (63), 06/13/2025 12:03 (1), 06/13/2025 17:35 (1), 06/20/2025 11:13 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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