SB2025070563 - Fedora 42 update for salt
Published: July 5, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025070563
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22238)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a directory traversal attack.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in minion file cache creation. The master's default cache is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack, which could be leveraged to write or overwrite 'cache' files outside of the cache directory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.