CVE-2025-62349 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-62349: Salt Master authentication protocol downgrade may enable minion impersonation

Vendor Salt Project
Product Salt
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published January 30, 2026
Last update February 26, 2026

CVSS base score

6.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 30, 2026 CVE published
February 26, 2026 Record updated