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| Vulnerability | Title and context | CVSS | EPSS | PoCs | Signals | STIX action |
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CVE-2025-62349HIGH | Salt Master authentication protocol downgrade may enable minion impersonationSalt contains an authentication protocol version downgrade weakness that can allow a malicious minion to bypass newer authentication/security features by using an older request payload format, enabling minion impersonation and circumventing protections introduced in response to prior issues. CWE-287Jan 30, 2026 | CVSS7.5v4.0 | EPSS0.407% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-62348HIGH | Salt junos module uses an unsafe YAML loader which may allow unintended code executionSalt's junos execution module contained an unsafe YAML decode/load usage. A specially crafted YAML payload processed by the junos module could lead to unintended code execution under the context of the Salt process. CWE-94Jan 30, 2026 | CVSS7.3v4.0 | EPSS0.179% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2024-38824CRITICAL | CVE-2024-38824 salt advisoryDirectory traversal vulnerability in recv_file method allows arbitrary files to be written to the master cache directory. CWE-22Jun 13, 2025 | CVSS9.6v3.1 | EPSS1.01% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-22242MEDIUM | CVE-2025-22242 salt advisoryWorker process denial of service through file read operation. .A vulnerability exists in the Master's “pub_ret” method which is exposed to all minions. The un-sanitized input value “jid” is used to construct a path which is then opened for reading. An attacker could exploit this vulnerabilities by attempting to read from a filename that will not return any data, e.g. by targeting a pipe node on the proc file system. | CVSS5.6v3.1 | EPSS0.121% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-22241MEDIUM | CVE-2025-22241 salt advisoryFile 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 a pre-placed “authorization file” at a specific location and is present in the default configuration. | CVSS5.6v3.1 | EPSS0.165% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-22240MEDIUM | CVE-2025-22240 salt advisoryArbitrary 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. CWE-22Jun 13, 2025 | CVSS6.3v3.1 | EPSS0.142% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-22239HIGH | CVE-2025-22239 salt advisoryArbitrary 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. CWE-285Jun 13, 2025 | CVSS8.1v3.1 | EPSS0.158% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-22238MEDIUM | CVE-2025-22238 salt advisoryDirectory traversal attack 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. CWE-22Jun 13, 2025 | CVSS4.2v3.1 | EPSS0.268% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-22237MEDIUM | CVE-2025-22237 salt advisoryAn attacker with access to a minion key can exploit the 'on demand' pillar functionality with a specially crafted git url which could cause and arbitrary command to be run on the master with the same privileges as the master process. CWE-77Jun 13, 2025 | CVSS6.7v3.1 | EPSS0.156% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2025-22236HIGH | CVE-2025-22236 salt advisoryMinion event bus authorization bypass. An attacker with access to a minion key can craft a message which may be able to execute a job on other minions (>= 3007.0). CWE-287Jun 13, 2025 | CVSS8.1v3.1 | EPSS0.148% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2024-38825MEDIUM | CVE-2024-38825 Salt AdvisoryThe salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers. The "password" field contains a public certificate which is validated against a CA certificate by the module. This is not pki authentication, as the caller does not need access to the corresponding private key for the authentication attempt to be accepted. CWE-287Jun 13, 2025 | CVSS6.4v3.1 | EPSS0.139% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2023-34049MEDIUM | Salt security advisory release - 2023-OCT-27The Salt-SSH pre-flight option copies the script to the target at a predictable path, which allows an attacker to force Salt-SSH to run their script. If an attacker has access to the target VM and knows the path to the pre-flight script before it runs they can ensure Salt-SSH runs their script with the privileges of the user running Salt-SSH. Do not make the copy path on the target predictable and ensure we check return codes of the scp command if the copy fails. CWE-340Nov 14, 2024 | CVSS6.7v3.1 | EPSS0.187% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2024-22232HIGH | Specially crafted url can be created which leads to a directory traversal in the salt file serverA specially crafted url can be created which leads to a directory traversal in the salt file server. A malicious user can read an arbitrary file from a Salt master’s filesystem. CWE-22Jun 27, 2024 | CVSS7.7v3.1 | EPSS0.83% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2024-22231MEDIUM | Syndic cache directory creation is vulnerable to a directory traversal attackSyndic cache directory creation is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack in salt project which can lead a malicious attacker to create an arbitrary directory on a Salt master. CWE-22Jun 27, 2024 | CVSS5.0v3.1 | EPSS0.693% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2023-20898MEDIUM | Salt can cause Git Providers to get wrong dataGit Providers can read from the wrong environment because they get the same cache directory base name in Salt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2. Anything that uses Git Providers with different environments can get garbage data or the wrong data, which can lead to wrongful data disclosure, wrongful executions, data corruption and/or crash. Sep 5, 2023 | CVSS4.2v3.1 | EPSS0.288% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2023-20897MEDIUM | Salt vulnerable to denial of serviceSalt masters prior to 3005.2 or 3006.2 contain a DOS in minion return. After receiving several bad packets on the request server equal to the number of worker threads, the master will become unresponsive to return requests until restarted. CWE-404Sep 5, 2023 | CVSS5.3v3.1 | EPSS1.04% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
Salt's PAM auth fails to reject locked accountsAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.9, 3003.5, 3004.2. PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts, which allows a previously authorized user whose account is locked still run Salt commands when their account is locked. This affects both local shell accounts with an active session and salt-api users that authenticate via PAM eauth. CWE-863Jun 22, 2022 | CVSS-v4.0 | EPSS1.88% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX | |
SaltStack Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Salt Masters do not sign pillar data with the minion’s public key, which can result in attackers substituting arbitrary pillar data. CWE-347Mar 29, 2022 | CVSS-v4.0 | EPSS0.861% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX | |
SaltStack Salt Improper Authentication via Man in the Middle AttackAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. A minion authentication denial of service can cause a MiTM attacker to force a minion process to stop by impersonating a master. CWE-287Mar 29, 2022 | CVSS3.7v3.1 | EPSS1.6% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX | |
CVE-2022-22941HIGH | SaltStack Salt Permissions BypassAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. When configured as a Master-of-Masters, with a publisher_acl, if a user configured in the publisher_acl targets any minion connected to the Syndic, the Salt Master incorrectly interpreted no valid targets as valid, allowing configured users to target any of the minions connected to the syndic with their configured commands. This requires a syndic master combined with publisher_acl configured on the Master-of-Mas… CWE-732Mar 29, 2022 | CVSS8.8v3.1 | EPSS1.33% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2022-22936HIGH | SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass by Capture-replayAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt in versions before 3002.8, 3003.4, 3004.1. Job publishes and file server replies are susceptible to replay attacks, which can result in an attacker replaying job publishes causing minions to run old jobs. File server replies can also be re-played. A sufficient craft attacker could gain root access on minion under certain scenarios. CWE-294Mar 29, 2022 | CVSS8.8v3.1 | EPSS0.815% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
Improper Authentication in SaltStack SaltAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. The salt minion installer will accept and use a minion config file at C:\salt\conf if that file is in place before the installer is run. This allows for a malicious actor to subvert the proper behaviour of the given minion software. | CVSS-v4.0 | EPSS0.354% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX | |
CVE-2021-21996HIGH | Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in saltAn issue was discovered in SaltStack Salt before 3003.3. A user who has control of the source, and source_hash URLs can gain full file system access as root on a salt minion. CWE-668Sep 8, 2021 | CVSS7.5v3.1 | EPSS3.51% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2021-31607HIGH | Command Injection in SaltStack SaltIn SaltStack Salt 2016.9 through 3002.6, a command injection vulnerability exists in the snapper module that allows for local privilege escalation on a minion. The attack requires that a file is created with a pathname that is backed up by snapper, and that the master calls the snapper.diff function (which executes popen unsafely). | CVSS7.8v3.1 | EPSS3.81% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |
CVE-2021-25315CRITICAL | salt-api unauthenticated remote code executionCWE - CWE-287: Improper Authentication vulnerability in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3; openSUSE Tumbleweed allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via salt without the need to specify valid credentials. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3 salt versions prior to 3002.2-3. openSUSE Tumbleweed salt version 3002.2-2.1 and prior versions. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP 3 salt versions prior to 3002.2-3. openSUSE Tumbleweed salt version 3002… | CVSS9.8v3.1 | EPSS2.33% | PoCs0 | SignalsNot listed in CISA KEVNo known ransomware useNo Nuclei templates | STIX |