Vulnerability in Saltstack Salt
CVE-2020-35662
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Saltstack Salt
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32, 33, 34
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-35662?
- CVE-2020-35662 is a high-severity vulnerability in Saltstack Salt, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2021-02-27.
- How severe is CVE-2020-35662?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-35662 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.