What is CVE-2025-22239?

CVE-2025-22239 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Salt. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-22239?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-22239 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Vmware Salt

CVE-2025-22239

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (34.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Vmware Salt — versions 3006.x, 3007.x

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22239?: CVE-2025-22239 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Salt. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2025-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-22239?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-22239 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.