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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-35662

In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.

HIGH 7.4EPSS 2.98%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.

CVSS 3.1
7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
2.98% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-295
Affected
saltstack/salt · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.