FKIE_CVE-2025-62349

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-30 19:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:51
Severity
6.2 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttps://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3006.17.html
security@vmware.comhttps://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3007.9.html
Impacted products
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