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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-02-27 00:00Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 16:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-11-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 309ac7c6cc265139b8ca4f4613ba665f6926b15d978d4a7c0e09c1349ac82a4a
05 Affected products
06 References
- saltproject.iohttps://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0chttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-43eb5584adhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202103-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-5011https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202310-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- salt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- salt Fixed in 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- salt Fixed in 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.