CVE-2020-35662: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.4. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

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.