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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-54683 Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4j59-vv55-q6h3 Salt's salt.auth.pki module does not properly authenticate callers
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History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00035}

epss

{'score': 0.00043}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-287
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title CVE-2024-38825 Salt Advisory
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-13T14:01:02.386Z

Reserved: 2024-06-19T22:32:06.583Z

Link: CVE-2024-38825

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-13T14:00:59.165Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-06-13T07:15:20.717

Modified: 2025-06-16T12:32:18.840

Link: CVE-2024-38825

cve-icon Redhat

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Weaknesses