CVE-2020-35662
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.
02 Description
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 2.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (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:H/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
- 2024-10-15 18:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-12-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b30946f647fee58f9e7d4232a88f0dc5835e40352b458990fdc72cf7b875e059
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.