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CVE-2025-62349

Salt Master authentication protocol downgrade may enable minion impersonation

Published: Jan 30, 2026Updated: Feb 4, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-287
6.2MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 67.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected Products

Salt Project
oss-projectaka saltstack
SaltOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
PyPI
package-ecosystem
salt
OSS Libraries
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SaltStack, Inc
commercialaka salt, saltstack
SaltOn-prem
DevTools & CI / ci-cd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3006.17.html
docs.saltproject.io
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3007.9.html
docs.saltproject.io
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62349
nvd.nist.gov
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