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CVE-2025-62349

Published: Jan 30, 2026

Modified: Feb 26, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

Salt Project

Salt

affected
3006.12 - < 3006.17

Salt Project

Salt

affected
3007.4 - < 3007.9

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Low

References

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