6.7

CVE-2025-22237: vmware salt Command Injection

CVSS: 6.7v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesGHSA-fcr4-h6c4-rvvpPYSEC-2026-1898UBUNTU-CVE-2025-22237
Published 13-06-2025Last modified 26-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-22237 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Command Injection vulnerability in vmware salt. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.18%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 12
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15295-1SUSE-EL-9-CLIENT-TOOLS-2025-2499SUSE-SU-2025:02476-1SUSE-SU-2025:02491-1SUSE-SU-2025:02492-1SUSE-SU-2025:02499-1

Timeline

  1. 13-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.18% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

PyPI1 product
  • salt≥ 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12 | ≥ 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • saltAll versions (No fix recorded)
Vmware1 product
  • salt≥ 3006.x, < 3006.12 | ≥ 3007.x, < 3007.4

3 vendors · 3 products

References

9 links