CVE-2025-22237 | CVE-2025-22237 salt advisory

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.

Published: 2025-06-13 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-22237 is rated Low Risk (38.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-22237

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-09 0.01% 0.14% +0.13%
2 2025-06-13 — 0.01% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-22237

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 0.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-22237

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-22237

GHSA-fcr4-h6c4-rvvp · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Salt's on demand pillar functionality vulnerable to arbitrary command injections

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-22237

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2025-22237: 1 source package rows (salt); 8 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 8. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-22237
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22237/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-22237 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (salt), 9 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, needs-triage 3, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-22237

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-22237

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-22237

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