UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22240

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-22240
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22240.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22240
Upstream
  • CVE-2025-22240
Published
2025-06-13T07:15:00Z
Modified
2026-04-08T14:50:11.500405Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Arbitrary directory creation or file deletion. In the findfile method of the GitFS class, a path is created using os.path.join using unvalidated input from the “tgtenv” variable. This can be exploited by an attacker to delete any file on the Master's process has permissions to.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.16.0-1
0.16.4-2
0.17.1+dfsg-1
0.17.2-1
0.17.2-2
0.17.2-3
0.17.4-1
0.17.4-2
0.17.5-1
0.17.5+ds-1
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm4
0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-common",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-master",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-minion",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-ssh",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-syndic",
            "binary_version": "0.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22240.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2015.*
2015.5.3+ds-1
2015.8.1+ds-2
2015.8.3+ds-1
2015.8.3+ds-2
2015.8.3+ds-3
2015.8.5+ds-1
2015.8.7+ds-1
2015.8.8+ds-1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-api",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-cloud",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-common",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-master",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-minion",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-proxy",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-ssh",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-syndic",
            "binary_version": "2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22240.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2016.*
2016.11.5+ds-1
2016.11.8+dfsg1-1
2017.*
2017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1
2017.7.3+dfsg1-1
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.1
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-api",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-cloud",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-common",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-master",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-minion",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-proxy",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-ssh",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-syndic",
            "binary_version": "2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22240.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / salt

Package

Name
salt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/salt@3004.1+dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3002.*
3002.6+dfsg1-4
3002.7+dfsg1-1
Other
3004+dfsg1-4
3004+dfsg1-5
3004+dfsg1-6ubuntu1
3004+dfsg1-7
3004+dfsg1-8
3004.*
3004.1+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-api",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-cloud",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-common",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-master",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-minion",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-proxy",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-ssh",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "salt-syndic",
            "binary_version": "3004.1+dfsg-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2025/UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22240.json"