CVE-2024-38825
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 4 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (60)
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advisories (3)
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-1321SaltStack Salt: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-06-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SaltStack Salt ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Dateien zu manipulieren, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service auszulösen oder weitere nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu erzielen.
- GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers2025-06-13ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-1893Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers2026-07-07vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (8)
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- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.htmlcnnvd
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.htmlcnnvd
- https://packages.broadcom.com/artifactory/saltproject-generic/Patchcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/SaltStack-Salt-multiple-vulnerabilities-dated-12-06-2025-47421cnnvd
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3006/topics/releases/3006.12.htmlnvd
- https://docs.saltproject.io/en/3007/topics/releases/3007.4.htmlnvd
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