Security update for salt

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:20487-1
Release Date:	2025-07-23T13:41:15Z
Rating:	critical
References:	bsc#1236621 bsc#1243268 bsc#1244561 bsc#1244564 bsc#1244565 bsc#1244566 bsc#1244567 bsc#1244568 bsc#1244570 bsc#1244571 bsc#1244572 bsc#1244574 bsc#1244575 jsc#MSQA-993
Cross-References:	CVE-2024-38822 CVE-2024-38823 CVE-2024-38824 CVE-2024-38825 CVE-2025-22236 CVE-2025-22237 CVE-2025-22238 CVE-2025-22239 CVE-2025-22240 CVE-2025-22241 CVE-2025-22242 CVE-2025-47287
CVSS scores:	CVE-2024-38822 ( SUSE ): 5.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-38822 ( SUSE ): 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVE-2024-38822 ( NVD ): 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVE-2024-38823 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2024-38823 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2024-38823 ( NVD ): 2.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVE-2024-38824 ( SUSE ): 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N CVE-2024-38824 ( SUSE ): 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVE-2024-38824 ( NVD ): 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVE-2024-38824 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2024-38825 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N CVE-2024-38825 ( SUSE ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2024-38825 ( NVD ): 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2025-22236 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L CVE-2025-22236 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L CVE-2025-22236 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L CVE-2025-22237 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-22237 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-22237 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-22238 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-22238 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-22238 ( NVD ): 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-22239 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L CVE-2025-22239 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L CVE-2025-22239 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L CVE-2025-22240 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-22240 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-22240 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-22241 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-22241 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-22241 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-22242 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-22242 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-22242 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-47287 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-47287 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-47287 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

• Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2024-38822: Fixed Minion token validation (bsc#1244561)

• CVE-2024-38823: Fixed server vulnerability to replay attacks when not using a TLS encrypted transport (bsc#1244564)
• CVE-2024-38824: Fixed directory traversal vulnerability in recv_file method (bsc#1244565)
• CVE-2024-38825: Fixed salt.auth.pki module authentication issue (bsc#1244566)
• CVE-2025-22240: Fixed arbitrary directory creation or file deletion with GitFS (bsc#1244567)
• CVE-2025-22236: Fixed Minion event bus authorization bypass (bsc#1244568)
• CVE-2025-22241: Fixed the use of un-validated input in the VirtKey class (bsc#1244570)
• CVE-2025-22237: Fixed exploitation of the 'on demand' pillar functionality (bsc#1244571)
• CVE-2025-22238: Fixed the master's default cache vulnerability to a directory traversal attack (bsc#1244572)
• CVE-2025-22239: Fixed the arbitrary event injection on the Salt Master (bsc#1244574)
• CVE-2025-22242: Fixed a Denial of Service vulnerability through file read operation (bsc#1244575)

• CVE-2025-47287: Fixed a Denial of Service vulnerability in Tornado logging behavior (bsc#1243268)

• Other bugs fixed:

• Added subsystem filter to udev.exportdb (bsc#1236621)
• Fixed Ubuntu 24.04 edge-case test failures
• Fixed refresh of osrelease and related grains on Python 3.10+
• Fixed issue requiring proper Python flavor for dependencies

Special Instructions and Notes:

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-188=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-minion-3006.0-slfo.1.1_4.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-slfo.1.1_4.1
  • python311-salt-3006.0-slfo.1.1_4.1
  • salt-3006.0-slfo.1.1_4.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38822.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38823.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38824.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38825.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22236.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22237.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22238.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22239.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22240.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22241.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22242.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47287.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236621
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243268
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244561
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244564
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244565
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244566
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244567
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244568
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244570
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244571
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244572
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244574
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244575
• https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-993