What is CVE-2025-22241?

CVE-2025-22241 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Salt. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2025-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-22241?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-22241 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-2025-22241

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…

EPSS: 0.001 (33.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

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-2025-22241?: CVE-2025-22241 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Salt. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2025-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-22241?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-22241 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.