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CVE-2025-22242

MEDIUMCVSS 5.6/10EPSS 0.12%

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CVE-2025-22242 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.6/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.6/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability
0.12%

2.3th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Deferred

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-22242?
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.
How severe is CVE-2025-22242?
CVE-2025-22242 has a CVSS score of 5.6/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.12% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22242?
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Source: NVD / NIST