CVE-2020-28972

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    CVE-2020-28972

    Published: 27 Feb 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -c3d2c4eaaef3f26e58d2f676c7456987af866155

    Affected versions

    v3002.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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