Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU111851

Path traversal in Salt - CVE-2024-38824

Published: June 23, 2025

Vulnerability identifier: #VU111851

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-38824

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: SaltStack

Affected software:
Salt

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error in recv_file method. A remote user can write arbitrary files to the master cache directory.

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