CVE
CVE-2025-62349
Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation
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 Version
Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
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7.5
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4.0
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
C
H
U
6.2
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Related Resources
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References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62349, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/68467, https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/3d5708acae16d039a1e2b5529c8e14a0d3255611, 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
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