# salt (PyPI) vulnerabilities Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-salt Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats Updated: 13 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour. Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-salt.json License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 72 vulnerabilities in salt (PyPI): 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 4 of them critical and 3 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2025-62348, was published on 7 July 2026. ## Counts - Last 7 days: 0 - Last 30 days: 0 - Last 90 days: 0 - All time: 72 (4 critical, 3 exploited in the wild) ## About salt (PyPI) Python library for remote execution and infrastructure automation with event-driven architecture. ## Latest salt (PyPI) vulnerabilities - [CVE-2025-62348: PYSEC-2026-1894 - Salt junos Module Vulnerable to Code Injection via Specially Crafted YAML Payload](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-62348-salt-junos-module-vulnerable-to-code-injection-via-specially) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-62349: PYSEC-2026-1902 - Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-62349-salt-authentication-protocol-version-downgrade-allows-minion) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-22242: PYSEC-2026-1896 - Salt's worker process vulnerable to denial of service through file read operation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-22242-salt-s-worker-process-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-through) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-22241: PYSEC-2026-1895 - Salt's file contents overwrite the VirtKey class](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-22241-salt-s-file-contents-overwrite-the-virtkey-class) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-22237: PYSEC-2026-1898 - Salt's on demand pillar functionality vulnerable to arbitrary command injections](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-22237-salt-s-on-demand-pillar-functionality-vulnerable-to-arbitrary) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2024-38825: PYSEC-2026-1893 - Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-38825-salt-s-salt-auth-pki-module-does-not-properly-authenticate) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-22240: PYSEC-2026-1903 - Salt allows arbitrary directory creation or file deletion](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-22240-salt-allows-arbitrary-directory-creation-or-file-deletion) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-22238: PYSEC-2026-1901 - Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in minion file cache creation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-22238-salt-vulnerable-to-directory-traversal-attack-in-minion-file) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-22236: PYSEC-2026-1899 - Salt has minion event bus authorization bypass vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-22236-salt-has-minion-event-bus-authorization-bypass-vulnerability) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2025-22239: PYSEC-2026-1897 - Salt vulnerable to arbitrary event injection](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-22239-salt-vulnerable-to-arbitrary-event-injection) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2023-34049: PYSEC-2026-1892 - Salt preflight script could be attacker controlled](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-34049-salt-preflight-script-could-be-attacker-controlled) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2024-22231: PYSEC-2026-1900 - Directory creation by malicious user in saltstack](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-22231-directory-creation-by-malicious-user-in-saltstack) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2024-22232: PYSEC-2026-1891 - Path traversal in saltstack](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-22232-saltstack-salt-path-traversal-in-file-server) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 7 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2013-2228: PYSEC-2026-748 - SaltStack RSA Key Generation allows remote users to decrypt communications](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2013-2228-saltstack-rsa-key-generation-allows-remote-users-to-decrypt) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 2 Jul 2026) - [CVE-2024-38824: PYSEC-2026-529 - Salt vulnerable to directory traversal attack in file receiving method](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-38824-salt-vulnerable-to-directory-traversal-attack-in-file-receiving) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 29 Jun 2026) - [CVE-2023-20898: Salt can cause Git Providers to get wrong data](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-20898-salt-can-cause-git-providers-to-get-wrong-data) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 5 Sep 2023) - [CVE-2023-20897: Salt vulnerable to denial of service](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-20897-salt-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 5 Sep 2023) - [CVE-2021-33226: PYSEC-2023-47 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Saltstack v.3003 and before allows attacker to execute arbitrary code…](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-33226-pysec-2023-47-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-saltstack-v-3003) (info, published 17 Feb 2023) - [CVE-2022-22967: Salt's PAM auth fails to reject locked accounts](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22967-salt-s-pam-auth-fails-to-reject-locked-accounts) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 23 Jun 2022) - [CVE-2017-12791: SaltStack Salt directory traversal in minion id validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-12791-saltstack-salt-directory-traversal-in-minion-id-validation) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 17 May 2022) - [CVE-2022-22936: SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22936-saltstack-salt-authentication-bypass-by-capture-replay) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 29 Mar 2022) - [CVE-2022-22935: SaltStack Salt Improper Authentication via Man in the Middle Attack](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22935-saltstack-salt-improper-authentication-via-man-in-the-middle) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 29 Mar 2022) - [CVE-2022-22934: SaltStack Salt improper verification of cryptographic signature](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22934-saltstack-salt-improper-verification-of-cryptographic-signature) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 29 Mar 2022) - [CVE-2022-22941: SaltStack Salt Permissions Bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2022-22941-saltstack-salt-permissions-bypass) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 29 Mar 2022) - [CVE-2021-21996: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in salt](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-21996-exposure-of-resource-to-wrong-sphere-in-salt) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 8 Sep 2021) ## Most severe salt (PyPI) vulnerabilities - [CVE-2020-16846: SaltStack Salt Command Injection in netapi ssh client](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-16846-saltstack-salt-shell-injection-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020) - [CVE-2020-11651: SaltStack Salt Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-11651-saltstack-salt-authentication-bypass-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 30 Apr 2020) - [CVE-2020-11652: SaltStack Salt is vulnerable Arbitrary Directory Access](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-11652-saltstack-salt-path-traversal-vulnerability) (critical, exploited in the wild, CVSS 3.1, published 30 Apr 2020) - [CVE-2017-12791: SaltStack Salt directory traversal in minion id validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2017-12791-saltstack-salt-directory-traversal-in-minion-id-validation) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 17 May 2022) - [CVE-2021-25282: SaltStack Salt Directory Traversal vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-25282-saltstack-salt-directory-traversal-vulnerability) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 27 Feb 2021) - [CVE-2021-25281: SaltStack Salt Improper Authentication vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-25281-saltstack-salt-improper-authentication-vulnerability) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 27 Feb 2021) - [CVE-2021-3197: SaltStack Salt is vulnerable to shell injection via ProxyCommand argument](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-3197-saltstack-salt-is-vulnerable-to-shell-injection-via-proxycommand) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 27 Feb 2021) - [CVE-2020-25592: SaltStack Salt authentication bypass in salt-netapi](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2020-25592-saltstack-salt-authentication-bypass-in-salt-netapi) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 6 Nov 2020) - [CVE-2019-17361: SaltStack Salt is vulnerable to command injection](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2019-17361-saltstack-salt-is-vulnerable-to-command-injection) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 17 Jan 2020) - [CVE-2021-25283: SaltStack Salt Server Side Template Injection](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-25283-saltstack-salt-server-side-template-injection) (low, CVSS 3.1, published 27 Feb 2021) ## Vulnerabilities per week Nothing was published in the last eight weeks. | Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 24 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 31 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 21 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ## Other PyPI technologies - [tensorflow (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-tensorflow): 435 vulnerabilities - [tensorflow-cpu (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/tensorflow-cpu): 430 vulnerabilities - [tensorflow-gpu (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/tensorflow-gpu): 427 vulnerabilities - [open-webui (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/open-webui): 177 vulnerabilities - [Django (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/django): 173 vulnerabilities - [apache-airflow (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/apache-airflow): 159 vulnerabilities - [pillow (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pillow): 125 vulnerabilities - [praisonai (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-praisonai): 120 vulnerabilities - [vllm (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-vllm): 117 vulnerabilities - [plone (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-plone): 101 vulnerabilities - [mlflow (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/mlflow): 88 vulnerabilities - [picklescan (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/picklescan): 86 vulnerabilities ## Sources NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "salt (PyPI) vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/pypi-salt, 13 November 2026.