CVE-2024-38825 Salt Advisory
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
The salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers. The "password" field contains a public certificate which is validated against a CA certificate by the module. This is not pki authentication, as the caller does not need access to the corresponding private key for the authentication attempt to be accepted.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VMware | SALT | 3006.x to before 3006.12; 3007.x to before 3007.4 | 3006.12, 3007.4 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3006.0rc1 to before 3006.12 | 3006.12 | Patch available | GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 |
| — | salt (PyPI) | 3007.0rc1 to before 3007.4 | 3007.4 | Patch available | GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 |
- SALT VendorVMware Affected 3006.x to before 3006.12; 3007.x to before 3007.4 Fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4 Patch available CNA
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3006.0rc1 to before 3006.12 Fixed in 3006.12 Patch available GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3
- salt (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3007.0rc1 to before 3007.4 Fixed in 3007.4 Patch available GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3
Remediation
- Fix · CNA SALT (VMware) Fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4
- Fix · GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3006.12 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 salt (PyPI) Fixed in 3007.4 Advisory →
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
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2024-26051 CVE-2024-38824 salt advisoryPriority MEDIUM 45
- TI-2025-16146 CVE-2025-22236 salt advisoryPriority LOW 36
- TI-2025-16149 CVE-2025-22239 salt advisoryPriority LOW 34
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38825
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3
References
Other 5
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/5ff18fd0ececdfd083ddce693c3ccef30e44f155
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/commit/d7cb64e44db5f82fd615373f5dca2eb1fb29bbab
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt
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- TI-2024-26039 Heap-overflow in VMware vCenter Server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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- TI-2023-07303 Command injection in Aria Operations for Networks KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-38825 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-38825 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2024-38825 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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