Salt contains an authentication protocol version downgrade weakness that can allow a malicious minion to bypass newer authentication/security features by using an older request payload format, enabling minion impersonation and circumventing protections introduced in response to prior issues.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
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