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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…
Medium5.9EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (8)
- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-904a2dbc0c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-5756fbf8a6 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2021-43eb5584ad (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202103-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211110 [SECURITY] [DLA 2815-1] salt security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-5011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202310-22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-w589-r335-4f55 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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