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CVE-2025-22237 json

CVE-2025-22237 salt advisory

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also GHSA-fcr4-h6c4-rvvp , PYSEC-2026-1898 , EUVD-2025-18253

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pypi salt 3006.12, 3007.4
  • VMware SALT 3006.12, 3007.4
  • salt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +3 more 3006.0-150300.53.94.1
  • salt Linux Micro 6.1 3006.0-slfo.1.1_4.1
  • salt Linux Micro 6.0 3006.0-13.1
  • salt SLE Module for Systems Management 15 SP7 3006.0-150700.14.5.2
  • salt SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Module for Transactional Server 15 SP6 +6 more 3006.0-150500.4.55.1
  • salt-test openSUSE Leap 15.6 3006.0-150500.4.55.1
  • salt SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 3006.0-150400.8.80.1
  • venv-salt-minion Manager Client Tools for RHEL, Liberty and Clones 9-CLIENT-TOOLS, EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 3006.0-1.59.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02534-1SUSE-SU-2025:20487-1SUSE-SU-2025:20504-1SUSE-SU-2025:02502-1SUSE-SU-2025:02501-1SUSE-SU-2025:02500-1

  • salt openSUSE Tumbleweed 3006.0-41.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15295-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2025-22237 updated cvss 6.7

salt: Code injection in salt project

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi salt
>=3006.0rc1, <3006.12
>=3007.0rc1, <3007.4
3006.12
3007.4

Affected products

  • VMware SALT

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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