GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4mHighCVSS 6.2
Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
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.
🎯 Affected products2
- pip/salt:>= 3006.12, < 3006.17
- pip/salt:>= 3007.4, < 3007.9
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62349
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3006.17.html
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3007.9.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/68467
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/3d5708acae16d039a1e2b5529c8e14a0d3255611
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m