What is CVE-2025-22237?

CVE-2025-22237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Salt. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-06-13.

How severe is CVE-2025-22237?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-22237 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Vmware Salt

CVE-2025-22237

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (28.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Salt — versions 3006.x, 3007.x

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22237?: CVE-2025-22237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Salt. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2025-06-13.
How severe is CVE-2025-22237?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-22237 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.