MEDIUM5.6
PYSEC-2026-1895
Salt's file contents overwrite the VirtKey class
Quick fix
PYSEC-2026-1895 — salt: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.
pip install --upgrade 'salt>=3006.12'Details
File contents overwrite the VirtKey class is called when “on-demand pillar” data is requested and uses un-validated input to create paths to the “pki directory”. The functionality is used to auto-accept Minion authentication keys based on a pre-placed “authorization file” at a specific location and is present in the default configuration.
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22241[ADVISORY]
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f[WEB]
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html[WEB]
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html[WEB]
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt[PACKAGE]
- https://pypi.org/project/salt[PACKAGE]
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7f3f-x5f5-79gw[ADVISORY]