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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
10 explicit affected versions
10 explicit affected versions
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- 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
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/3d5708acae16d039a1e2b5529c8e14a0d3255611
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/68467
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62349
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m
- https://pypi.org/project/salt