[UPDATE] [medium] SaltStack Salt: Multiple vulnerabilities

mediumCVE-2025-62348 CVE-2025-62349

An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in SaltStack Salt to execute arbitrary code or bypass security measures.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: SaltStack product: Salt Remote code execution Authentication bypass

What: Multiple vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or bypass security measures.
Who is affected: Deployments of SaltStack Salt.
Urgency: Remediation is medium due to the potential for code execution and security bypass.
Action: Update to the latest version of SaltStack Salt.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-07-13
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-0269

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-623480.18% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 8% of all scored CVEs.
Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-623490.41% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 34% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2025-62348	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org
CVE-2025-62349	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

Recent advisories for SaltStack Salt

A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.

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