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CVE-2020-28972 Moderate

CVE-2020-28972

In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate.

Exploit probability 3.1%
Published February 27, 2021
Required by Not available
Last source change June 10, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

95 explicit affected versions

PyPI salt

159 explicit affected versions

PyPI salt

168 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2020-28972

In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities PYSEC-2021-74

In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-w589-r335-4f55

In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the `vmware.py` files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence