CVE-2025-62349

Aliases:GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 27
Deferred
Published: 30 Jan 2026, 18:59
Last modified:26 Feb 2026, 15:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v4.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.02% LOW
0% probability -0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Jan 2026, 18:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
26 Feb 2026, 15:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS: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
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.02%• Percentile: 5%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-287•Improper Authentication

    When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•salt

    ≥ 3006.12, < 3006.17 | ≥ 3007.4, < 3007.9

  • salt project•salt

    ≥ 3006.12, < 3006.17 | ≥ 3007.4, < 3007.9

References (6)