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CVE-2020-28972

5.9 mediumEPSS 3.1%

Medium (5.9). EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in salt 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.11.10.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.9 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-295
Published
Modified
Record from
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Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt<2015.8.132015.8.13
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=2016.3.0 <2016.11.52016.11.5
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=2016.11.7 <2016.11.102016.11.10
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=2017.5.0 <2017.7.82017.7.8
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=2018.2.0 <=2018.3.5no fix published
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=2019.2.0 <2019.2.82019.2.8
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=3000 <3000.73000.7
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=3001 <3001.53001.5
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55PyPIsalt>=3002 <3002.33002.3
PYSEC-2021-74PyPIsalt<2015.8.10
>=2015.8.11 <2015.8.13
>=2016.3.0 <2016.3.4
>=2016.3.5 <2016.3.6
>=2016.3.7 <2016.3.8
>=2016.11.0 <2016.11.3
>=2016.11.4 <2016.11.5
>=2016.11.7 <2016.11.10
>=2017.7.0 <2017.7.8
>=2018.3.0rc1 <2019.2.0rc1
>=2019.2.0 <2019.2.5
>=2019.2.6 <2019.2.8
>=3000 <3000.6
>=3001 <3001.4
>=3002 <3002.5		2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, 2016.11.3, 2016.11.5, 2016.11.10, 2017.7.8, 2019.2.0rc1, 2019.2.5, 2019.2.8, 3000.6, 3001.4, 3002.5

References

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