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CVE-2020-28972

SaltStack Salt Improper Certificate Validation

5.9 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

3.08%Up 1.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.9

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.

Record
CVE-2020-28972
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-295
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2020-28972
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-0236 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2021-0236
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w589-r335-4f55 8.2

SaltStack Salt Improper Certificate Validation

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.

Record
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55
CVSS 4.0
8.2 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-295
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.9

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.

Record
CVE-2020-28972
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-w589-r335-4f55 8.2

SaltStack Salt Improper Certificate Validation

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.

Record
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55
CVSS 4.0
8.2 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-295
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-28972 5.9

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-28972
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:0347-1 No score

Security update for salt

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix errors with virt.update
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • virt: search for grub.xen path
  • Xen spicevmc, DNS SRV records backports:
    • Fix virtual network generated DNS XML for SRV records
    • Don't add spicevmc channel to xen VMs
  • virt UEFI fix: virt.update when efi=True

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:0347-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2021-74 No score

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.

Record
PYSEC-2021-74
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-RU-2021:0632-1 No score

Recommended update for SUSE Manager 4.0.12.1 Release Notes

This update for SUSE Manager 4.0.12.1 Release Notes provides the following additions:

Release notes for SUSE Manager:

  • Revision 4.0.12.1
  • Bugs mentioned bsc#1181550, bsc#1181556, bsc#1181557, bsc#1181558, bsc#1181559, bsc#1181560, bsc#1181561, bsc#1181562, bsc#1181563, bsc#1181564, bsc#1181565, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282, CVE-2021-3197, CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2020-28243, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3144

Release notes for SUSE Manager proxy:

  • Update to 4.0.12.1
  • Bugs mentioned bsc#1181550, bsc#1181556, bsc#1181557, bsc#1181558, bsc#1181559, bsc#1181560, bsc#1181561, bsc#1181562, bsc#1181563, bsc#1181564, bsc#1181565, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282, CVE-2021-3197, CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2020-28243, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3144
Record
SUSE-RU-2021:0632-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-RU-2021:0633-1 No score

Recommended update for SUSE Manager 4.1.5.1 Release Notes

This update for SUSE Manager 4.1.5.1 Release Notes provides the following additions:

Release notes for SUSE Manager:

  • Revision 4.1.5.1
  • Bugs mentioned bsc#1181550, bsc#1181556, bsc#1181557, bsc#1181558, bsc#1181559, bsc#1181560, bsc#1181561, bsc#1181562, bsc#1181563, bsc#1181564, bsc#1181565, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282, CVE-2021-3197, CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2020-28243, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3144

Release notes for SUSE Manager proxy:

  • Revision 4.1.5.1 bsc#1181550, bsc#1181556, bsc#1181557, bsc#1181558, bsc#1181559, bsc#1181560, bsc#1181561, bsc#1181562, bsc#1181563, bsc#1181564, bsc#1181565, CVE-2021-25281, CVE-2021-25282, CVE-2021-3197, CVE-2021-25283, CVE-2020-28243, CVE-2020-35662, CVE-2021-25284, CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2021-3148, CVE-2021-3144
Record
SUSE-RU-2021:0633-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0624-1 No score

Security update for py26-compat-salt

This update for py26-compat-salt fixes the following issues:

  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0624-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0626-1 No score

Security update for py26-compat-salt

This update for py26-compat-salt fixes the following issues:

  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0626-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0627-1 No score

Security update for salt

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix errors with virt.update
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • virt: search for grub.xen path
  • Xen spicevmc, DNS SRV records backports:
    • Fix virtual network generated DNS XML for SRV records
    • Don't add spicevmc channel to xen VMs
  • virt UEFI fix: virt.update when efi=True
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0627-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0628-1 No score

Security update for salt

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix errors with virt.update
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • virt: search for grub.xen path
  • Xen spicevmc, DNS SRV records backports:
    • Fix virtual network generated DNS XML for SRV records
    • Don't add spicevmc channel to xen VMs
  • virt UEFI fix: virt.update when efi=True
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0628-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0630-1 No score

Security update for salt

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix errors with virt.update
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • virt: search for grub.xen path
  • Xen spicevmc, DNS SRV records backports:
    • Fix virtual network generated DNS XML for SRV records
    • Don't add spicevmc channel to xen VMs
  • virt UEFI fix: virt.update when efi=True
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0630-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0631-1 No score

Security update for salt

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix errors with virt.update
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • virt: search for grub.xen path
  • Xen spicevmc, DNS SRV records backports: Fix virtual network generated DNS XML for SRV records Don't add spicevmc channel to xen VMs
  • virt UEFI fix: virt.update when efi=True
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0631-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0914-1 No score

Security Beta update for Salt

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • virt.network_update: handle missing ipv4 netmask attribute
  • Do not monkey patch yaml loaders: Prevent breaking Ansible filter modules (bsc#1177474)
  • Fix race conditions for corner cases when handling SIGTERM by minion (bsc#1172110)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • Implementation of suse_ip execution module to prevent issues with network.managed (bsc#1099976)
  • Add sleep on exception handling on minion connection attempt to the master (bsc#1174855)
  • Allows for the VMware provider to handle CPU and memory hot-add in newer versions of the software. (bsc#1181347)
  • Always require python-certifi (used by salt.ext.tornado)
  • Bring missing part of async batch implementation back (bsc#1182382) (CVE-2021-25315)
  • Master can read grains (bsc#1179696)
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0914-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:0915-1 No score

Security Beta update for Salt

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • Only require python-certifi for CentOS7
  • Fix race conditions for corner cases when handling SIGTERM by minion (bsc#1172110)
  • Implementation of suse_ip execution module to prevent issues with network.managed (bsc#1099976)
  • Fix recursion false detection in payload (bsc#1180101)
  • Add sleep on exception handling on minion connection attempt to the master (bsc#1174855)
  • Allows for the VMware provider to handle CPU and memory hot-add in newer versions of the software. (bsc#1181347)
  • Always require python-certifi (used by salt.ext.tornado)
  • Exclude SLE 12 from requiring python-certifi
  • Do not crash when unexpected cmd output at listing patches (bsc#1181290)
  • Fix behavior for 'onlyif/unless' when multiple conditions (bsc#1180818)
  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix errors with virt.update
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • Virt: search for grub.xen path
  • Xen spicevmc, DNS SRV records backports: Fix virtual network generated DNS XML for SRV records Don't add spicevmc channel to xen VMs
  • Virt UEFI fix: virt.update when efi=True
  • Master can read grains (bsc#1179696)
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:0915-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:14650-1 No score

Security update for salt

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:14650-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:1690-1 No score

Security Beta update for Salt

This update fixes the following issues:

salt:

  • Update to Salt release version 3002.2 (jsc#ECO-3212)
  • Drop support for Python2. Obsoletes 'python2-salt' package
  • Virt module updates
    • network: handle missing ipv4 netmask attribute
    • more network support
    • PCI/USB host devices passthrough support
  • Set distro requirement to oldest supported version in requirements/base.txt
  • Bring missing part of async batch implementation back
  • Always require python3-distro (bsc#1182293)
  • Remove deprecated warning that breaks minion execution when 'server_id_use_crc' opts is missing
  • Remove msgpack < 1.0.0 from base requirements (bsc#1176293)
  • Msgpack support for version >= 1.0.0 (bsc#1171257)
  • Fix issue parsing errors in ansiblegate state module
  • Prevent command injection in the snapper module (bsc#1185281) (CVE-2021-31607)
  • Transactional_update: detect recursion in the executor
  • Add subpackage salt-transactional-update
  • Remove duplicate directories from specfile
  • Improvements on 'ansiblegate' module (bsc#1185092):
    • New methods: ansible.targets / ansible.discover_playbooks
  • Add support for Alibaba Cloud Linux 2 (Aliyun Linux)
  • Regression fix of salt-ssh on processing targets
  • Update target fix for salt-ssh and avoiding race condition on salt-ssh event processing (bsc#1179831, bsc#1182281)
  • Add notify beacon for Debian/Ubuntu systems
  • Fix zmq bug that causes salt-call to freeze (bsc#1181368)
  • Add core grains support for AlmaLinux
  • Allow vendor change option with zypper
  • Virt: virtual network backports to Salt 3000
  • Do not monkey patch yaml loaders: Prevent breaking Ansible filter modules (bsc#1177474)
  • Only require python-certifi for CentOS7
  • Fix race conditions for corner cases when handling SIGTERM by minion (bsc#1172110)
  • Implementation of suse_ip execution module to prevent issues with network.managed (bsc#1099976)
  • Fix recursion false detection in payload (bsc#1180101)
  • Add sleep on exception handling on minion connection attempt to the master (bsc#1174855)
  • Allows for the VMware provider to handle CPU and memory hot-add in newer versions of the software. (bsc#1181347)
  • Always require python-certifi (used by salt.ext.tornado)
  • Exclude SLE 12 from requiring python-certifi
  • Do not crash when unexpected cmd output at listing patches (bsc#1181290)
  • Fix behavior for 'onlyif/unless' when multiple conditions (bsc#1180818)
  • Fix regression on cmd.run when passing tuples as cmd (bsc#1182740)
  • Allow extra_filerefs as sanitized kwargs for SSH client
  • Fix errors with virt.update
  • Fix for multiple for security issues (CVE-2020-28243) (CVE-2020-28972) (CVE-2020-35662) (CVE-2021-3148) (CVE-2021-3144) (CVE-2021-25281) (CVE-2021-25282) (CVE-2021-25283) (CVE-2021-25284) (CVE-2021-3197) (bsc#1181550) (bsc#1181556) (bsc#1181557) (bsc#1181558) (bsc#1181559) (bsc#1181560) (bsc#1181561) (bsc#1181562) (bsc#1181563) (bsc#1181564) (bsc#1181565)
  • Virt: search for grub.xen path
  • Xen spicevmc, DNS SRV records backports: Fix virtual network generated DNS XML for SRV records Don't add spicevmc channel to xen VMs
  • Virt UEFI fix: virt.update when efi=True
  • Revert wrong zypper patch to support vendorchanges flags on pkg.install
Record
SUSE-SU-2021:1690-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-6948-1 No score

salt vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2020-16846)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly created certificates with weak file permissions. (CVE-2020-17490)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2020-25592)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted process names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28243)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled validation of SSL/TLS certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof a trusted entity. (CVE-2020-28972, CVE-2020-35662)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled credential validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-25281)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform directory traversal. (CVE-2021-25282)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled template rendering. A remote attacker could possibly this issue to run arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-25283)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled logging. An attacker could possibly use this issue to discover credentials. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-25284)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled crafted web requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3148)

It was discovered that Salt incorrectly handled input sanitization. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-3197)

Record
USN-6948-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
salt
PyPI
before 2015.8.13
2015.8.13
salt
PyPI
2016.3.0 up to 2016.11.5
2016.11.5
salt
PyPI
2016.11.7 up to 2016.11.10
2016.11.10
salt
PyPI
2017.5.0 up to 2017.7.8
2017.7.8
salt
PyPI
2018.2.0 to 2018.3.5 None known
salt
PyPI
2019.2.0 up to 2019.2.8
2019.2.8
salt
PyPI
3000 up to 3000.7
3000.7
salt
PyPI
3001 up to 3001.5
3001.5
salt
PyPI
3002 up to 3002.3
3002.3
salt
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
before 2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u7, plus listed versions
2016.11.2+ds-12016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u12016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u22016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u32016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u42016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u52016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u6
2016.11.2+ds-1+deb9u7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
salt
PyPI
before 2015.8.13, plus listed versions
0.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.30.10.4
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0.10.50.11.00.11.10.12.00.12.10.13.00.13.10.13.20.13.30.14.00.14.10.15.00.15.10.15.20.15.30.15.900.16.00.16.10.16.20.16.30.16.40.17.00.17.0rc10.17.10.17.20.17.30.17.40.17.50.8.70.8.90.9.00.9.10.9.20.9.30.9.40.9.50.9.60.9.70.9.80.9.90.9.9.12014.1.02014.1.0rc12014.1.0rc22014.1.0rc3
2015.8.13
salt
PyPI
2016.3.0 up to 2016.11.5, plus listed versions
2016.11.02016.11.0rc12016.11.0rc22016.11.12016.11.2
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2016.11.32016.11.42016.3.12016.3.22016.3.32016.3.42016.3.52016.3.62016.3.72016.3.8
2016.11.5
salt
PyPI
2016.11.7 up to 2016.11.10, plus listed versions
2016.11.82016.11.9
2016.11.10
salt
PyPI
2017.5.0 up to 2017.7.8, plus listed versions
2017.7.02017.7.0rc12017.7.12017.7.22017.7.3
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2017.7.42017.7.52017.7.62017.7.7
2017.7.8
salt
PyPI
2018.2.0 to 2018.3.5, plus listed versions
2018.3.02018.3.0rc12018.3.12018.3.22018.3.32018.3.4
None known
salt
PyPI
2019.2.0 up to 2019.2.8, plus listed versions
2019.2.12019.2.22019.2.32019.2.42019.2.52019.2.62019.2.7
2019.2.8
salt
PyPI
3000 up to 3000.7, plus listed versions
3000.13000.23000.33000.43000.53000.6
3000.7
salt
PyPI
3001 up to 3001.5, plus listed versions
3001.13001.23001.33001.4
3001.5
salt
PyPI
3002 up to 3002.3, plus listed versions
3002.13002.2
3002.3
salt
PyPI
before 2015.8.10, 2015.8.11 up to 2015.8.13, 2016.3.0 up to 2016.3.4, 2016.3.5 up to 2016.3.6, 2016.3.7 up to 2016.3.8, 2016.11.0 up to 2016.11.3, 2016.11.4 up to 2016.11.5, 2016.11.7 up to 2016.11.10, 2017.7.0 up to 2017.7.8, 2018.3.0rc1 up to 2019.2.0rc1, 2019.2.0 up to 2019.2.5, 2019.2.6 up to 2019.2.8, 3000 up to 3000.6, 3001 up to 3001.4, 3002 up to 3002.5, plus listed versions
0.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.30.10.4
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0.10.50.11.00.11.10.12.00.12.10.13.00.13.10.13.20.13.30.14.00.14.10.15.00.15.10.15.20.15.30.15.900.16.00.16.10.16.20.16.30.16.40.17.00.17.0rc10.17.10.17.20.17.30.17.40.17.50.8.70.8.90.9.00.9.10.9.20.9.30.9.40.9.50.9.60.9.70.9.80.9.90.9.9.12014.1.02014.1.0rc12014.1.0rc22014.1.0rc3
2015.8.102015.8.132016.3.42016.3.62016.3.82016.11.32016.11.52016.11.102017.7.82019.2.0rc12019.2.52019.2.83000.63001.43002.5
release-notes-susemanager-proxy
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 4.0.12.1-0.16.52.1
4.0.12.1-0.16.52.1
release-notes-susemanager-proxy
SUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 4.0.12.1-0.16.52.1
4.0.12.1-0.16.52.1
release-notes-susemanager
SUSE:Manager Server 4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 4.0.12.1-3.68.1
4.0.12.1-3.68.1
release-notes-susemanager-proxy
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.1
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 4.1.5.1-3.26.1
4.1.5.1-3.26.1
release-notes-susemanager-proxy
SUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 4.1.5.1-3.26.1
4.1.5.1-3.26.1
release-notes-susemanager
SUSE:Manager Server 4.1
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 4.1.5.1-3.38.1
4.1.5.1-3.38.1
py26-compat-salt
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.1
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 2016.11.10-6.8.1
2016.11.10-6.8.1
py26-compat-salt
SUSE:Manager Server Module 4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 2016.11.10-10.22.1
2016.11.10-10.22.1
salt
SUSE:Manager Client Tools 12
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-46.129.1
3000-46.129.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-46.129.1
3000-46.129.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-46.129.1
3000-46.129.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-5.106.1
3000-5.106.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-5.106.1
3000-5.106.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-5.106.1
3000-5.106.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-5.106.1
3000-5.106.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Manager Server 4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 6
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-24.1
3000-24.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-CLIENT-TOOLS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 2016.11.10-43.69.1
2016.11.10-43.69.1
salt
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-CLIENT-TOOLS
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 2016.11.10-43.69.1
2016.11.10-43.69.1
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
0.16.0-10.16.4-20.17.1+dfsg-10.17.2-10.17.2-2
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0.17.2-30.17.4-10.17.4-20.17.5-10.17.5+ds-10.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm10.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm20.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm40.17.5+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm5
None known
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, plus listed versions
2015.5.3+ds-12015.8.1+ds-22015.8.3+ds-12015.8.3+ds-22015.8.3+ds-3
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2015.8.5+ds-12015.8.7+ds-12015.8.8+ds-12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1, plus listed versions
2016.11.5+ds-12016.11.8+dfsg1-12017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu12017.7.3+dfsg1-12017.7.4+dfsg1-12017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.12017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, plus listed versions
2015.5.3+ds-12015.8.1+ds-22015.8.3+ds-12015.8.3+ds-22015.8.3+ds-3
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2015.8.5+ds-12015.8.7+ds-12015.8.8+ds-12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.12015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
2015.8.8+ds-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
salt
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1, plus listed versions
2016.11.5+ds-12016.11.8+dfsg1-12017.7.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu12017.7.3+dfsg1-12017.7.4+dfsg1-12017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.12017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2
2017.7.4+dfsg1-1ubuntu18.04.2+esm1
salt
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
before 3000-lp152.3.27.1
3000-lp152.3.27.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-28972 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Saltstack Salt, published February 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.08%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in salt 2015.8.13.

References

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