.. _release-3002-8:

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Salt 3002.8 (2022-02-25)
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Version 3002.8 is a CVE security fix release for :ref:`3002 <release-3002>`.


Important notice about upgrading
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Version 3002.8 is a security release. 3002.8 minions are not able to
communicate with masters older than 3002.8. You must upgrade your masters
before upgrading minions.


Minion authentication security
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Authentication between masters and minions rely on public/private key
encryption and message signing. To secure minion authentication before you must
pre-seed the master's public key on minions. To pre-seed the minions' master
key, place a copy of the master's public key in the minion's pki directory as
``minion_master.pub``.


Security
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- Sign authentication replies to prevent MiTM (cve-2020-22935)
- Sign pillar data to prevent MiTM attacks. (cve-2022-22934)
- Prevent job and fileserver replays (cve-2022-22936)
- Fixed targeting bug, especially visible when using syndic and user auth. (CVE-2022-22941) (#60413)
