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TI-2024-26049 Aliases CVE-2024-38822GHSA-5m5v-pwj7-rj26

CVE-2024-38822 Salt Advisory

Priority LOW 13CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

Multiple methods in the salt master skip minion token validation. Therefore a misbehaving minion can impersonate another minion.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00258 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed SALT (VMware): 3006.12, 3007.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
VMwareSALT3006.x to before 3006.12; 3007.x to before 3007.43006.12, 3007.4Patch availableCNA
  • SALT VendorVMware Affected 3006.x to before 3006.12; 3007.x to before 3007.4 Fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA SALT (VMware) Fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    VMware SALT 3006.12, 3007.4

    11 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 10 LOW

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Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38822
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m5v-pwj7-rj26

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-42442 vCenter directory-traversal vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26040 Privilege escalation in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-26039 Heap-overflow in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-24610 Out-of-bounds write in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-16914 VMware vCenter Server Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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