CVE-2025-22237 CVE-2025-22237 salt advisory
An attacker with a minion key can execute arbitrary commands on the master via crafted git URLs in on-demand pillars.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-22237?
CVE-2025-22237 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in VMware SALT, published on 13 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22237?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.12, 3007.4 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.12 |
salt PyPI | From 3006.0rc1 | 3006.12 |
salt PyPI | From 3007.0rc1 | 3007.4 |
salt PyPI | From 3007.0rc1 | 3007.4 |
How do I fix CVE-2025-22237?
Upgrade salt to a fixed version for your release line: 3006.12 or 3007.4.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2025-22237 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22237 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcr4-h6c4-rvvp, PYSEC-2026-1898, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22237.