CVE-2024-38825: CVE-2024-38825 Salt Advisory

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-06-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

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 products

VMware SALT: from 3006.x before 3006.12; from 3007.x before 3007.4 — fixed in 3006.12, 3007.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware SALT 3006.12, 3007.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.html
https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.html

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