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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-62349

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 pay

Published Jan 30, 2026 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Salt Project Salt

Last checked Nov 4, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62349. EPSS is 0.46%. Act only if a listed version of Salt Project Salt is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.46%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Salt Project Salt 3007.4 <3007.9

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Salt Project Salt 3007.4 <3007.93007.4 <3007.9

How to fix CVE-2025-62349

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-62349. EPSS is 0.46%. Act only if a listed version of Salt Project Salt is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Salt Project Salt 3007.4 <3007.9 3007.4 <3007.9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.46%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 30, 2026 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-62349

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-62349

    30-day exploitation probability 0.46%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-206568

    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 p

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 3, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgNov 4, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSNov 3, 2026
  • EUVDNov 2, 2026