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CVE-2025-22237
Command Injection in salt (CVE-2025-22237)
Summary
command injection in salt (CVE-2025-22237). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to `3007.4` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-22237** has been found in salt.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade salt to **3007.4** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "salt CVE-2025-22237" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-22237 (salt) — CWE-77 /
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: `3007.4` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-77) exists in salt.
📍 Affected scope
salt — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to **3007.4**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'salt' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'salt' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `salt` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade salt to 3007.4ステージング環境で 3007.4 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
salt
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"3007.0rc1"},{"fixed":"3007.4"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22237
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fcr4-h6c4-rvvp
- package https://github.com/saltstack/salt
- package https://pypi.org/project/salt
- web https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/9445f496fed61b15dc4364818007e5b765b0746f
- web https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
- web https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html