CVE-2025-62348: Salt junos module uses an unsafe YAML loader which may allow unintended code execution
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-62348 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in salt project salt. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 28Timeline
- 30-01-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 26-02-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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
9 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- NVDNIST7.3HighCVSS: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
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS: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
- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
10%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.20% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Alpine2 products
- salt< 3007.9-r0
- salt-lts< 3006.17-r0
PyPI1 product
- salt< 3006.17
Salt project1 product
- salt≥ 3006.0, < 3006.17 | ≥ 3007.0, < 3007.9
Ubuntu1 product
- saltAll versions (No fix recorded)
4 vendors · 5 products
References
10 links
- github.com/saltstack/saltPACKAGE
- pypi.org/project/saltPACKAGE