salt is vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attack. The vulnerability exists because authentication to vcenter, vsphere, and esxi server does not always verify the SSL/TLS certificate.
github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/08fe46365f92583ea875f9e4a8b2cb5305b34e4b/CHANGELOG.md#salt-30023-2021-01-25
github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/57869be8ae2693fcf9e8b7e3fb71da02e8f20b9b
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00009.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7GRVZ5WAEI3XFN2BDTL6DDXFS5HYSDVB/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FUGLOJ6NXLCIFRD2JTXBYQEMAEF2B6XH/
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOGNT2XWPOYV7YT75DN7PS4GIYWFKOK5/
saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25
saltproject.io/security_announcements/active-saltstack-cve-release-2021-feb-25/
security.gentoo.org/glsa/202103-01
www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5011