Name: CVE-2025-22240: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2025-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2025-22240, CVSS 6.3, EPSS 0.00163

Arbitrary directory creation or file deletion. In the find_file method of the GitFS class, a path is created using os.path.join using unvalidated input from the “tgt_env” variable. This can be exploited by an attacker to delete any file on the Master's process has permissions to.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Suse	—	Upgrade salt-fish-completionUpgrade salt-docUpgrade python3-salt-testsuiteUpgrade salt-standalone-formulas-configurationUpgrade salt-cloudUpgrade salt-transactional-updateUpgrade python3-saltUpgrade salt-sshUpgrade salt-masterUpgrade salt-minionUpgrade saltUpgrade salt-syndicUpgrade salt-apiUpgrade salt-bash-completionUpgrade salt-zsh-completionUpgrade salt-proxy	Dec 5, 2025	Jul 23, 2025

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CVSS Details

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