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CVE-2025-62348 (GCVE-0-2025-62348)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-30 18:57 – Updated: 2026-02-26 15:04
VLAI
Title
Salt junos module uses an unsafe YAML loader which may allow unintended code execution
Summary
Salt's junos execution module contained an unsafe YAML decode/load usage. A specially crafted YAML payload processed by the junos module could lead to unintended code execution under the context of the Salt process.
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-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
References
URL Tags
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/rele… release-notesvendor-advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Salt Project Salt Affected: 3006.0 , < 3006.17 (semver)
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Salt Project Salt Affected: 3007.0 , < 3007.9 (semver)
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Date Public
2025-11-20 05:00
Credits
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