VMware SALT prior 3006.12/3007.4 _minion_event injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in VMware SALT. This affects the function _minion_event. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-22239. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in VMware SALT. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function _minion_event. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at docs.saltproject.io. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-22239 since 01/02/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1055 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 240180 (SaltStack 3000 < 3006.12 / 3007 < 3007.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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 (240180) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-18251). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 240180
Nessus Name: SaltStack 3000 < 3006.12 / 3007 < 3007.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SALT 3006.12/3007.4

Timelineinfo

01/02/2025 🔍
06/13/2025 +161 days 🔍
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06/20/2025 +6 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vmware.com

Advisory: docs.saltproject.io
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-22239 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-22239
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312479
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20060413

Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2025 11:19
Updated: 06/20/2025 00:52
Changes: 06/13/2025 11:19 (63), 06/13/2025 12:03 (1), 06/13/2025 17:35 (1), 06/20/2025 00:52 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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