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
EPSS: 0.030 (85.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Saltstack Salt
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0, 11.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 32, 33, 34
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (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.