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Ubuntu CVE-2025-22242

| EUVDEUVD-2025-18248 MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2025-06-13 security@vmware.com GHSA-989c-m532-p2hv
5.6
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
qualitative
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
EUVD ID Assigned
Mar 14, 2026 - 21:34 euvd
EUVD-2025-18248
Analysis Generated
Mar 14, 2026 - 21:34 vuln.today
CVE Published
Jun 13, 2025 - 07:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Worker process denial of service through file read operation. .A vulnerability exists in the Master's “pub_ret” method which is exposed to all minions. The un-sanitized input value “jid” is used to construct a path which is then opened for reading. An attacker could exploit this vulnerabilities by attempting to read from a filename that will not return any data, e.g. by targeting a pipe node on the proc file system.

Analysis

Worker process denial of service through file read operation. .A vulnerability exists in the Master's “pub_ret” method which is exposed to all minions. The un-sanitized input value “jid” is used to construct a path which is then opened for reading. An attacker could exploit this vulnerabilities by attempting to read from a filename that will not return any data, e.g. by targeting a pipe node on the proc file system.

Technical ContextAI

A denial of service vulnerability allows an attacker to disrupt the normal functioning of a system, making it unavailable to legitimate users. This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400).

RemediationAI

Implement rate limiting and input validation. Use timeout mechanisms for resource-intensive operations. Deploy DDoS protection where applicable.

Vendor StatusVendor

Ubuntu

Priority: Medium
salt
Release Status Version
trusty needs-triage -
xenial needs-triage -
bionic needs-triage -
jammy needs-triage -
noble DNE -
oracular DNE -
plucky DNE -
upstream needs-triage -
questing DNE -

Debian

salt
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
(unstable) fixed (unfixed) -

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd:4.3.16.9.67.1 Affected
Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd:5.0.5.7.23.1 Affected
Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:5.0.5.7.30.1 Affected
Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container:2.1.3-4.40 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container:2.1.3-4.37 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container:2.1.3-4.39 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/rt-os-container:2.1.3-5.38 Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/toolbox:13.2-9.1 Affected
Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-GCE Affected

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