CVE-2024-22231
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Syndic cache directory creation is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack in salt project which can lead a malicious attacker to create an arbitrary directory on a Salt master.
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affected products (13)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0265SaltStack Salt: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-01-31csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter authentifizierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SaltStack Salt ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren oder vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
- GHSA-q27c-j6j9-53w3Directory creation by malicious user in saltstack2024-06-27ghsa · osvUS
Syndic cache directory creation is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack in salt project which can lead a malicious attacker to create an arbitrary directory on a Salt master.
- PYSEC-2026-1900Directory creation by malicious user in saltstack2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
Syndic cache directory creation is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack in salt project which can lead a malicious attacker to create an arbitrary directory on a Salt master.
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references (6)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-22231/cnnvd
- https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2024-01-31-advisory/cnnvd
- https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2024-01-31-advisory/index.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/SaltStack-Salt-directory-traversal-43418cnnvd
- https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2024-01-31-advisory/enisa_euvd
- https://saltproject.io/security-announcements/2024-01-31-advisory/nvd
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