CVE-2025-22238: PYSEC-2026-1901 - Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation

CVE-2025-22238 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-07-07

Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation

Technologies: salt (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-22238 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-22238 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-22238?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.0rc1,fixed=3006.12, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.0rc1,fixed=3006.12,introduced=3007.0rc1,fixed=3007.4.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-22238?
Yes. salt (PyPI): upgrade to 3006.12, 3007.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-22238?
Check whether you run salt (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • salt (PyPI): upgrade to 3006.12, 3007.4 or later
    pip install "salt>=3007.4"

Affected products

  • salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.0rc1,fixed=3006.12, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.0rc1,fixed=3006.12,introduced=3007.0rc1,fixed=3007.4

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-22238
  • GHSA-r546-h3ff-q585
  • PYSEC-2026-1901

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