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CVE-2025-22240 is a path traversal vulnerability discovered in the GitFS class of Salt Project, disclosed on June 13, 2025. The vulnerability affects the findfile method where a path is created using os.path.join with unvalidated input from the "tgtenv" variable. This security flaw impacts both Salt versions 3006.12 and 3007.4 (Salt Release Notes, Salt 3007.4).
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) and has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (Medium). The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that exploitation requires local access, high attack complexity, high privileges, and user interaction (Wiz).
The vulnerability allows an attacker to perform arbitrary directory creation or file deletion operations. Specifically, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to delete any file that the Master's process has permissions to access. The high CVSS impact scores for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (all rated as High) indicate that successful exploitation could result in significant system compromise (Wiz).
The vulnerability has been addressed in Salt versions 3006.12 and 3007.4. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to these patched versions to protect against this vulnerability (Salt Release Notes, Salt 3007.4).
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