Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation

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...

GHSA-VCF3-26XF-FW4M Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation

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...

CVE-2025-62349

CVE-2025-62349 affects Salt (SaltStack) where the authentication protocol can downgrade to an older request payload format, enabling a malicious minion to impersonate hosts and bypass protections added in response to prior issues. The issue is described as a downgrade weakness in the authenticati...