CVE-2025-62349
Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation
6.2
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.02%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-62349
To remediate CVE-2025-62349, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3006.17 or later
Is CVE-2025-62349 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 3006.12, < 3006.17
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |