{"answers":{"affected":"5 open source packages ship an affected version, including salt.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62349 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade salt to a fixed version for your release line: 3006.17 or 3007.9.","what":"CVE-2025-62349 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Salt, published on 30 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-62349 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-62349 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Salt, published on 30 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62349 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 3006.12; fixed in 3006.17, 3007.9\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 3006.12; fixed in 3006.17\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 3006.12; fixed in 3006.17\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 3007.4; fixed in 3007.9\n- salt (PyPI): affected from 3007.4; fixed in 3007.9\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62349/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62349/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-62349","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62349/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-62349","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m","PYSEC-2026-1902"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","security_bypass"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Salt configuration management","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A malicious minion can impersonate others by downgrading the authentication protocol, bypassing security features in Salt Master.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"vmware","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"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","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"}],"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.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Salt Master authentication protocol downgrade may enable minion impersonation","id":"CVE-2025-62349","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2025"},"n_packages":5,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Path traversal in Windsurf","id":"CVE-2025-62353"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3006.17","3007.9"],"introduced":["3006.12","3007.4"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","source":"PYSEC-2026-1902"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3006.17"],"introduced":["3006.12"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3006.17"],"introduced":["3006.12"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","source":"GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3007.9"],"introduced":["3007.4"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3007.9"],"introduced":["3007.4"],"last_affected":[],"package":"salt","purl":"pkg:pypi/salt","source":"GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m"}],"prev":{"headline":"Salt junos module uses an unsafe YAML loader which may allow unintended code execution","id":"CVE-2025-62348"},"products":["Salt"],"published":"2026-01-30","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["Salt Project"]},"summary":"A malicious minion can impersonate others by downgrading the authentication protocol, bypassing security features in Salt Master.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62349/"}