CVE-2025-22242: PYSEC-2026-1896 - Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation

CVE-2025-22242 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-07-07

Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation

Technologies: salt (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-22242 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-22242 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-22242?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3007.0rc1,fixed=3007.4, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3007.0rc1,fixed=3007.4,introduced=3006.0rc1,fixed=3006.12.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-22242?
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-2025-22242?
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=3007.0rc1,fixed=3007.4, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3007.0rc1,fixed=3007.4,introduced=3006.0rc1,fixed=3006.12

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-22242
  • GHSA-989c-m532-p2hv
  • PYSEC-2026-1896

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