Security update for salt

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2025:02500-1
Release Date:	2025-07-23T12:46:44Z
Rating:	important
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:	openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that solves 12 vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has one security 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 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:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.3-2025-2500=1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-2025-2500=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python311-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python311-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (x86_64)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (x86_64)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
• SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (noarch)
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.80.1

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