CVE-2025-62349
Salt Master authentication protocol downgrade may enable minion impersonation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Jan 30, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 10, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 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 | vmware |
| 3.1 | 6.2 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L | vmware |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
SaltSalt Project |
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SaltSalt Project |
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References
- Salt 3006.17 release notes (fix and minimum_auth_version)release-notesvendor-advisory
- Salt 3007.9 release notes (fix and minimum_auth_version)release-notesvendor-advisory
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