CVE-2020-28972

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.08% (88th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

56 products

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Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.4

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 3.6

v3.17.4highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-295USprimaryCWE-295USCWE-295US

affected products (56)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Open Source Arch Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:archlinux:archlinux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
SaltStack Saltall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:saltstack:salt:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 32fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 33fstec_bduRU
SaltStack, Inc Salt≤ 3002.5fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.5fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 32nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 33nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 34nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt< 2015.8.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
saltstack salt2015.8.11 → 2015.8.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2845SaltStack Salt: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2021-02-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SaltStack Salt ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
GHSA-w589-r335-4f55SaltStack Salt Improper Certificate Validation2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
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.
PYSEC-2021-742021-02-27vendor · osvUS
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.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-02-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (35)

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