Medium severity · published Jun 13, 2025
CVE-2025-22237
CVE-2025-22237 salt advisory
6.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An attacker with access to a minion key can exploit the 'on demand' pillar functionality with a specially crafted git url which could cause and arbitrary command to be run on the master with the same privileges as the master process.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SA
SALT · VMware
3006.x before 3006.12; 3007.x before 3007.4 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22237
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22237
docs.saltproject.io
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
docs.saltproject.io
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
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