CVE-2020-28972: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.9. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only; version 11.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 32 only; version 33 only; version 34 only
• SaltStack Salt: before 2015.8.10 (fixed in 2015.8.10); from 2015.8.11, before 2015.8.13 (fixed in 2015.8.13); from 2016.3.0, before 2016.3.4 (fixed in 2016.3.4); from 2016.3.5, before 2016.3.6 (fixed in 2016.3.6); from 2016.3.7, before 2016.3.8 (fixed in 2016.3.8); from 2016.3.9, before 2016.11.3 (fixed in 2016.11.3); …

Published 2021-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.