CVE-2024-38825 json
CVE-2024-38825 Salt Advisory
published 2025-06-13 16 mo ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 , PYSEC-2026-1893 , EUVD-2024-54683
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- pypi salt 3006.12, 3007.4
- VMware SALT 3006.12, 3007.4
- salt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +3 more 3006.0-150300.53.94.1
- salt Linux Micro 6.1 3006.0-slfo.1.1_4.1
- salt Linux Micro 6.0 3006.0-13.1
- salt SLE Module for Systems Management 15 SP7 3006.0-150700.14.5.2
- salt SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE Module for Transactional Server 15 SP6 +6 more 3006.0-150500.4.55.1
- salt-test openSUSE Leap 15.6 3006.0-150500.4.55.1
- salt SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 3006.0-150400.8.80.1
- venv-salt-minion Manager Client Tools for RHEL, Liberty and Clones 9-CLIENT-TOOLS, EL-9:Update:Products:SaltBundle:Update 3006.0-1.59.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:02534-1SUSE-SU-2025:20487-1SUSE-SU-2025:20504-1SUSE-SU-2025:02502-1SUSE-SU-2025:02501-1SUSE-SU-2025:02500-1
- salt openSUSE Tumbleweed 3006.0-41.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15295-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2024-38825 updated cvss 6.4
salt: Authentication bypass in saltstack
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 16 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | salt | >=3006.0rc1, <3006.12 >=3007.0rc1, <3007.4 |
3006.12 3007.4 |
Affected products
- VMware SALT
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
References
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github.com
/saltstack/salt/commit/5ff18fd0ececdfd083ddce693c3ccef30e44f155
web
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github.com
/saltstack/salt/commit/d7cb64e44db5f82fd615373f5dca2eb1fb29bbab
web
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docs.saltproject.io
/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
web
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docs.saltproject.io
/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html
web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38825
advisory
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github.com
/saltstack/salt
package
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pypi.org
/project/salt
package
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-38825
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3
- NVD CVE-2024-38825
- OSV PYSEC-2026-1893
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