CVE-2025-62348

Description

Salt's junos execution module contained an unsafe YAML decode/load usage. A specially crafted YAML payload processed by the junos module could lead to unintended code execution under the context of the Salt process.

CVSS Metrics

• v4.0•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
• v4.0•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.01%• Percentile: 1%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-94•Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

  The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Affected Systems

• PyPI•salt

  < 3006.17

• salt project•salt

  ≥ 3006.0, < 3006.17 | ≥ 3007.0, < 3007.9

References (5)

• https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3006.17.html
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62348
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/68469
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/68472/commits/c17fd645edef208233dcac855615fced69409a00
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt