CVE-2025-22236

Cross-minion job execution via authorization bypass

Published Jun 13, 2025 · Updated Jun 13, 2025

Authorization bypass in VMware Salt 3006.0 through 3006.11 and 3007.0 through 3007.3 allows local users to execute jobs on other minions. The vendor identifies the minion event bus as the affected mechanism but has not published the code locus or exact missing authorization check. Exploitation requires possession of a valid minion key and grants cross-minion job execution, exposing data and permitting changes or service interruption on targeted minions.

CVSS severity8.1
High
EPSS probability0.17%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Authorization bypass in VMware Salt 3006.0 through 3006.11 and 3007.0 through 3007.3 allows local users to execute jobs on other minions. The vendor identifies the minion event bus as the affected mechanism but has not published the code locus or exact missing authorization check. Exploitation requires possession of a valid minion key and grants cross-minion job execution, exposing data and permitting changes or service interruption on targeted minions.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-22236
Published
Jun 13, 2025
Updated
Jun 13, 2025
Vendor
VMware
Product
Salt
Classifications
CWE-287, T1072
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jun 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=3006.x <3006.12
  2. Affected versionversion=3007.x <3007.4

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

VMware · Saltversion=3006.x <3006.12; version=3007.x <3007.4

Published CVSS scores

8.1VMwareCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-287Improper Authentication
T1072Software Deployment Tools

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