CVE-2025-62349 (GCVE-0-2025-62349)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 18:59 – Updated: 2026-02-26 15:04
VLAI
Title
Salt Master authentication protocol downgrade may enable minion impersonation
Summary
Salt contains an authentication protocol version downgrade weakness that can allow a malicious minion to bypass newer authentication/security features by using an older request payload format, enabling minion impersonation and circumventing protections introduced in response to prior issues.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
7.5 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-31 04:56 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
vmware CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 233 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/rele… release-notesvendor-advisory
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/rele… release-notesvendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Salt Project Salt Affected: 3006.12 , < 3006.17 (semver)
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Salt Project Salt Affected: 3007.4 , < 3007.9 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-11-20 05:00
Credits
Barney Sowood
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