VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-28972
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 3.09%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.09%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, authentication to VMware vcenter, vsphere, and esxi servers (in the vmware.py files) does not always validate the SSL/TLS certificate.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.09% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- saltstack/salt · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.