Vulnerability · Published Jun 13, 2025 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2024-38825CVE-2024-38825 Salt Advisory
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity improper authentication in SALT from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | salt | 3006.12 | GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 |
| PyPI | salt | 3007.4 | GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 |
| PyPI | salt | 3006.12, 3007.4 | PYSEC-2026-1893 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | salt | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38825 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N