SB2025121950 - Multiple vulnerabilities in SaltStack Salt

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Improper authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62349)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to impersonate other application users.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of the authentication process. A remote user can perform authentication downgrade attack and impersonate another minion.

2) Code injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62348)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the junos module when parsing yaml files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into using a specially crafted yaml file and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254257
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/68467
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254256
• https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/68469