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SCA: security update for salt (GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437411

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437411

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 2/1/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62349

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62349

IAVA: 2026-A-0021

cwe: CWE-287