CVE-2025-62349: PYSEC-2026-1902 - Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation

CVE-2025-62349 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2026-07-07

Salt Authentication Protocol Version Downgrade Allows Minion Impersonation

Technologies: salt (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-62349 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-62349 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-62349?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 7 July 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.12,fixed=3006.17, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.12,fixed=3006.17,introduced=3007.4,fixed=3007.9.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-62349?
Yes. salt (PyPI): upgrade to 3006.17, 3007.9 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-62349?
Check whether you run salt (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • salt (PyPI): upgrade to 3006.17, 3007.9 or later
    pip install "salt>=3007.9"

Affected products

  • salt (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.12,fixed=3006.17, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=3006.12,fixed=3006.17,introduced=3007.4,fixed=3007.9

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-62349
  • GHSA-vcf3-26xf-fw4m
  • PYSEC-2026-1902

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