---
id: CVE-2025-22237
aliases:
  - GHSA-fcr4-h6c4-rvvp
  - PYSEC-2026-1898
title: >-
  Salt's on demand pillar functionality vulnerable to arbitrary command
  injections 
summary: >-
  Salt's on demand pillar functionality vulnerable to arbitrary command
  injections 
severity: medium
cvss: 6.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
vendor: salt
product: salt
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - 'salt >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12'
  - 'salt >= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4'
patched:
  - salt 3006.12
  - salt 3007.4
published: '2025-06-13'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fcr4-h6c4-rvvp'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22237'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f
  - url: 'https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html'
  - url: 'https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html'
  - url: 'https://github.com/saltstack/salt'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00179
epssPercentile: 0.07729
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:48.863Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected packages

- `salt >= 3006.0rc1, < 3006.12`
- `salt >= 3007.0rc1, < 3007.4`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `salt 3006.12`
- `salt 3007.4`