MEDIUM6.2

PYSEC-2026-1902

Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-1902 — salt: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'salt>=3006.17'

Details

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.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

PyPI/salt

Introduced in: 3006.12Fixed in: 3006.17

Fixpip install --upgrade 'salt>=3006.17'

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62349[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/68467[WEB]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/3d5708acae16d039a1e2b5529c8e14a0d3255611[WEB]
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3006.17.html[WEB]
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/topics/releases/3007.9.html[WEB]
https://github.com/saltstack/salt[PACKAGE]
https://pypi.org/project/salt[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m[ADVISORY]