CVE-2020-35662

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.96% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 5.8 · medium

Is it mine?

99 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

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 · 5.8–7.4

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 4.9

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.2

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

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.2

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-295USprimaryCWE-295USCWE-295US

affected products (99)

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≤ 33fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 34fstec_bduRU
Fedora Project Fedora≤ 32fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12 SP5fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP3fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15 SP4fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 12fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications≤ 15fstec_bduRU

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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-qx72-q6w3-qgc7SaltStack Salt Improper SSL Certificate Validation2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.
PYSEC-2021-752021-02-27vendor · osvUS
In SaltStack Salt before 3002.5, when authenticating to services using certain modules, the SSL certificate is not always validated.

also known as (7)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

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

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references (35)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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